AJAX vs. Flash: What's right for you?

Slide 1: AJAX & Flash What we learned building SlideShare.net Jonathan Boutelle

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Slide 3: DISCLAIMER

Slide 4: 1. Play the field You don’t have to choose You quite possibly need both

Slide 5: Flash on a leash 2. Keep Full-Screen a no-no Flash nuggets as best practice http://www.california-gold-rush-miner.us/california-gold-nugget.htm

Slide 6: 3. Cheap Tricks In-place editing Attention control In-Page Messaging to user Tabs

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Slide 10: 4. Flash graphic goodies Fonts Vector graphics Animation

Slide 11: 5. Flash multimedia Output of media Input of media Editing of media

Slide 14: 6. Widgetopia! Yes, I mean widgets

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Slide 16: 7. Cool, but not useful to me Sockets Local data objects FLEX

Slide 17: FLASH crossover Artists 8. AJAX

Slide 18: Finally

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