as annoying as bad flash can be, i've never seen it crash a wintel... but i've seen bad java make the JRE bring countless machines to their knees. bad java is also a nightmare to host, it'll hose a server just as bad as a client.
just because someone doesn't remember to put an audio off button in their widget doesn't mean flash sucks. flash frontends with coldfusion behind them do pretty much everything needed, are fast to develop and frisky for customers to use.
i've been using the yahoo toolbar with firefox for a while, and it's a damn handy lil' widget.
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as annoying as bad flash can be, i've never seen it crash a wintel... but i've seen bad java make the JRE bring countless machines to their knees. bad java is also a nightmare to host, it'll hose a server just as bad as a client. just because someone doesn't remember to put an audio off button in their widget doesn't mean flash sucks. flash frontends with coldfusion behind them do pretty much everything needed, are fast to develop and frisky for customers to use. i've been using the yahoo toolbar with firefox for a while, and it's a damn handy lil' widget.