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Flash Applications That Can Be Used Online and Off

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-just-for-shockwave-anymore dept.

General Voltron writes "Macromedia, Inc., the same people that brought you Flash, have done it again with a new product called Central. Central will allow users to more easily interact with information on the internet by also allowing them to interact with it offline. It will also allow developers to create and sell their own applications. See the press release." I'm not a big fan of Flash myself, but I realize it has its niche. This looks like something that Flash authors have been clamoring for.

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  1. Re:Scuse me? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Other than annoying website navigation, some web games, and short movie clips, what's Flash used for?

    Flash 6 has some very nice server side communication features. I just finished developing a B2B site that provides some extremely nice ability to customize products and show the results online during the ordering process, all database driven. This sort of thing work quite well if you can count on your audience having broadband.

    The clients were pissing in their pants when we demo'ed this. It's a level of interactivity thy've never seen on the web before.