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August 10, 2006
Ted vs. SEO - Flex Templating (FXT)
Ted Patrick's FXT (Flex Templating) post and sample code also addresses common RIA concerns such as back-button support, RESTful URLs, it's a very flexible way to allow the HTML container of a Flex app to provide the data model for the Flex 2 SWF-based view/controller in a way that allows spiders to easily crawl and index the content - one of the most common complaints I hear about Flex/Flash applications today. Chafic feels that this could be a step towards Flex replacing HTML - and I'd have to agree that although that may be quite a while off, FXT is definitely a HUGE step moving Flex apps in the right direction. Ted gave me a quick laptop demo of FXT yesterday while we were both down in the San Jose offices, and I've been hard-pressed to get it off my mind ever since. I'm really glad Ted announced FXT today, so I can purge my driving need to talk about it postehaste. :)
If you haven't checked out FXT yet, definitely visit Ted's blog, download/check out the source and give it a spin. This could have you thinking entirely differently about Flex applications as replacements or even adjuncts to your current content models. Very cool stuff!
Posted by sfegette at August 10, 2006 10:17 AM