[thelist] Rich Internet Application
evolt at mccullough-net.com
evolt at mccullough-net.com
Fri Sep 10 10:28:14 CDT 2004
The application that I have described I thought was perfect for Flash Remoting,
however no one I have talked to has suggested that or given me any hope,
instead it seems to be a conglomeration of applets, beans, jsp, javascript and
so on.
Quoting Michal Migurski <mike at teczno.com>:
> On Sep 9, 2004, at 8:49 AM, evolt at mccullough-net.com wrote:
>
> > sure.
> >
> > Basically you have a builder application. You have a basic shell of a
> > uniform.
> > You can add options. Collar, sleves, logo (upload), build a logo
> > (probably a
> > seperate app), clip art, names, numbers, colors (some could be 3
> > color, some
> > could be 4 or 1 color), a place for descriptive text about what you
> > are looking
> > for. Printout, email features, images update, rule update. Also there
> > must be
> > the ability to work outside of a web evironment such as a Java
> > application on a
> > Palm or desktop (Windows, Mac). The reason for different rules and
> > images is
> > that there could be more product lines, like pens, pencils, shirts,
> > ballons.
> > All of this must feel the end data to the Java application which will
> > then
> > finish the order process.
>
> All the graphical requirements are pretty easily handled in Flash, so
> no problem there. It's fairly trivial to serve up graphics for the
> various picture elements from a database, and to do much of the color
> manipulation inside Flash itself.
>
> The offline viewing requirement is a bit of a tough one, though it
> depends on what you want the user to do once they're offline.
>
> One approach would be to package up downloadable copies of the app -
> for example, a user might want a "snapshot" of the catalog for later
> viewing. You might generate an archive file that contains the main .swf
> (or a platform-dependent standalone application) along with directories
> of supporting catalog information and assets. I'm working on something
> exactly like this for a client right now, and packaging up the data for
> offline viewing is not a hard problem, AS LONG AS the users are made to
> understand that they are getting a static, non-modifiable snapshot of
> their project at a particular point in time.
>
> Another option is Macromedia's Central platform - I've not used it, but
> my understanding is that it's supposed to be a sort of shell that flash
> applications can run inside, with some extra permissions for storing
> data on the user's machine or detecting when the network connection
> been connected or disconnected, that are not possible in the usual web
> browser context. I've heard that developers aren't exactly leaping on
> this bandwagon, but it's available.
>
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