Comments on: Flash: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ Writing about design, the user experience, web technologies, and the latest happenings on our online world. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: ryan http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-47 ryan Thu, 18 May 2006 06:18:13 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-47 <p>That's a good way to sum it up. For an application we'll be releasing shortly for our clients, we are doing a fair amount of DOM manipulation. IE 6 is not only slow at the same processes that are cake for modern browsers, it just plain crashes in some instances. Not to mention not being able to get PNG transparency to work. (Despite using the normal workarounds)</p> <p>I really believe that Microsoft has done us all a huge disservice by not upgrading one of the world's most often used desktop applications(IE). They have held the advancement of XHTML/CSS/JS back as a reliable platform, more than many people realize, since the early 2000's.</p> That’s a good way to sum it up. For an application we’ll be releasing shortly for our clients, we are doing a fair amount of DOM manipulation. IE 6 is not only slow at the same processes that are cake for modern browsers, it just plain crashes in some instances. Not to mention not being able to get PNG transparency to work. (Despite using the normal workarounds)

I really believe that Microsoft has done us all a huge disservice by not upgrading one of the world’s most often used desktop applications(IE). They have held the advancement of XHTML/CSS/JS back as a reliable platform, more than many people realize, since the early 2000’s.

]]> By: Kevin Cannon http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Kevin Cannon Thu, 18 May 2006 06:17:45 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-46 <p>Hi,</p> <p>Good post, interesting reading. I've just discovered your site, it's nice to read posts with a bit of thought put into them, by someone with a lot of talent.</p> <p>Regarding Flash being proprietary, I don't see that as much of an issue. The SWF format is an open format, and many tools can generate SWF files, Indeed you can create Flash content without touching a Macromedia products at all.</p> <p>I agree that reading too many web standards sites can sometimes result in a slightly blinkered view. It was only recently that Javascript as a technology was considered 'ok'.</p> <p>For me it boils down to this: XHTML is a great for documents. Flash is a great tool for animation, applications and interactivity. Ajax is now opening the possibility of using XHTML for applications, but Flash, as a development platform is still further ahead along that path.</p> Hi,

Good post, interesting reading. I’ve just discovered your site, it’s nice to read posts with a bit of thought put into them, by someone with a lot of talent.

Regarding Flash being proprietary, I don’t see that as much of an issue. The SWF format is an open format, and many tools can generate SWF files, Indeed you can create Flash content without touching a Macromedia products at all.

I agree that reading too many web standards sites can sometimes result in a slightly blinkered view. It was only recently that Javascript as a technology was considered ‘ok’.

For me it boils down to this: XHTML is a great for documents. Flash is a great tool for animation, applications and interactivity. Ajax is now opening the possibility of using XHTML for applications, but Flash, as a development platform is still further ahead along that path.

]]> By: ryan http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-45 ryan Thu, 18 May 2006 06:17:22 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-45 <p>Hey thanks James! I certainly didn't get out of the conference what I thought I was going to get out of it. It was very interesting none-the-less!</p> Hey thanks James! I certainly didn’t get out of the conference what I thought I was going to get out of it. It was very interesting none-the-less!

]]> By: James Paden http://applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-44 James Paden Thu, 18 May 2006 06:16:51 +0000 http://www.applestooranges.com/blog/post/flash-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comment-44 <p>I'm a little late here, but I just wanted to say that the above is an amazingly beautifuly written post. Just an explanation of the current state of Flash and the web. Great job, keep it up!</p> I’m a little late here, but I just wanted to say that the above is an amazingly beautifuly written post. Just an explanation of the current state of Flash and the web. Great job, keep it up!

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