Flash is Ajax, or Flash versus Ajax, at the Ajax Summit
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The Ajax model makes Flash (and Java, and ActiveX) unnecessary for some kinds of interface models. When I first wanted to make, say, a dynamically updating table, Java was the only choice; later, Flash was a much more pleasing choice. Now, Ajax/JavaScript offers a number of advantages over Flash: faster load time, consistent interface with the rest of the browser, a standard/free HTTP server backend, and broader development tool support. These advantages and others must be significant -- Google Maps could have been done years ago in Flash, but for whatever reason it wasn't. What I think will happen is that Ajax will be a "worse is better" solution compared to Flash -- that is, it will cover most of the functionality most of the people would want from Flash, and do it messier but easier.
[^] # Re: AJAX
Posté par francois schnell . En réponse à la dépêche Logiciels libres et contenus web interactifs. Évalué à 4.
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