Comments on: More Flash vs. Ajax http://bokardo.com/archives/more-flash-vs-ajax/ A Blog about Social Web Design Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: M Saleh EG [dotone] http://bokardo.com/archives/more-flash-vs-ajax/#comment-2200 M Saleh EG [dotone] Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:25:35 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/more-flash-vs-ajax/#comment-2200 CM, that's not true, with Flex and Flash forms you can actualy have back button support since it is asynchronous with browser events! no caching? it's compiled! It don't need to be cached. Even if needed, since it is binary the server caches it anyways. I don't know if you've read my take on <a href="http://dotone.login.ae/article/ajax-vs-flash-round-2-arena-web20-fight" rel="nofollow">AJAX vs. Flash</a> since I'm running a relatively new blog. My take in 2 rounds, I'd relate <a href="http://dotone.login.ae/article/ajax-vs-flash-round-2-arena-web20-fight" rel="nofollow">round2</a> of the article to this entry. In all the cases I'm no biased to any of the sides but I don't think AJAX beats Flash either. CM, that’s not true, with Flex and Flash forms you can actualy have back button support since it is asynchronous with browser events!

no caching? it’s compiled! It don’t need to be cached. Even if needed, since it is binary the server caches it anyways.

I don’t know if you’ve read my take on AJAX vs. Flash since I’m running a relatively new blog.

My take in 2 rounds, I’d relate round2 of the article to this entry.

In all the cases I’m no biased to any of the sides but I don’t think AJAX beats Flash either.

]]> By: CM Harrington http://bokardo.com/archives/more-flash-vs-ajax/#comment-2161 CM Harrington Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:41:15 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/more-flash-vs-ajax/#comment-2161 Very good article, and I agree, totally. His main point is if you want a truly interactive, immersive experience (games and similar), Flash is your only option. However, if you are text/image/information based, Flash isn't necessarily the best tool, due to all the problems inherent when you embed what is basically a mini-environment into a web page (no back button, no status bar changes, no JAWS support, no default selecting/copying of text/images/links, no bookmarking, a larger footprint, no caching, etc) One thing that struck me as odd. He mentioned that no one has yet added sound to an AJAX interface. I don't think I've seen one either. However, there is nothing that says embedded files can't be requested and triggered by user events. Perhaps there hasn't yet been a need to have audio feedback in an AJAX app. Very good article, and I agree, totally. His main point is if you want a truly interactive, immersive experience (games and similar), Flash is your only option. However, if you are text/image/information based, Flash isn’t necessarily the best tool, due to all the problems inherent when you embed what is basically a mini-environment into a web page (no back button, no status bar changes, no JAWS support, no default selecting/copying of text/images/links, no bookmarking, a larger footprint, no caching, etc)

One thing that struck me as odd. He mentioned that no one has yet added sound to an AJAX interface. I don’t think I’ve seen one either. However, there is nothing that says embedded files can’t be requested and triggered by user events. Perhaps there hasn’t yet been a need to have audio feedback in an AJAX app.

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