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January 5, 2006
Flash and Ajax: Happy Together
Adaptive Path recently released their Flash/JavaScript Date Slider under a Creative Commons License. It's a very slick component that they use with Measure Map for visually selecting date ranges, and which shows excellent interoperability between Flash and JavaScript. It uses the JavaScript / Flash Integration Kit as the bridge between Flash and JavaScript, and I think integrates very nicely into HTML/Ajax applications. From the Date Slider site:
The date slider is a Flash visualization that Measure Map uses as one way to navigate the site. We are happy to provide a version of this date slider to the public... SWF version with the ability to customize the look & feel of the slider as well as the location and name of the XML file.
What I really find interesting about this project is that it is a standalone component which integrates Flash and Ajax very seamlessly, and therefore tends to blur the line between the two technologies. Too often I read about the "Flash vs Ajax" debate when the reality is that Flash is very Ajax friendly, especially with the new ExternalInterface object.
Posted by cantrell at January 5, 2006 8:55 AM
Comments
Excellent! Not that I can foresee ever having a use for this particular component I do think and believe that it fortells to future of the Internet. Zealots will remain (there are still Netscape zealots running around... why?) but I do think that the technology of the future will be a blend of all the current processed, applications and technology existing today as well as those we haven't conceived yet.
It also show's that as these 'technologies' mature 2-way communication is possible. And with things like FlashVNC out there the future is bright indeed!
Posted by: Anthony at January 5, 2006 10:21 AM
They have also implimented view source and license (just right click on the example).
mike chambers
mesh@adobe.com
Posted by: mike chambers at January 5, 2006 11:02 AM
Does anyone have a copy or a new link for the date slider? The one mentioned in this post does not seem to work anymore.
Posted by: Keith Takayesu at February 8, 2006 6:02 AM