Web Plugin for metacard player ( like flash plugin for browsers)

[Richard Gaskin]

Frank R wrote:
>>Browser plugins offer no substanial benefit not already addressed by using a
>>standalone as a helper application.
> 
>    
>   Technically speaking, maybe true.  Practically speaking, definitely not true.

Practically speaking, almost no one would have a Rev browser plugin 
pre-installed as they do with Flash.  So whether they download and 
install yet another plugin, or download and install a helper app, in 
neither case will they get the ubiquity which is the primary benefit of 
a browser-based app.

If you can find the subset of uses for which the need to install a 
runtime engine isn't a problem, then what significant difference does it 
make whether the app runs within the confines of a browser window or is 
free to make use of its own windows?

Flash won the plugin wars long ago.  If something absolutely must run 
within the confines of a browser window, Flash, Java, or AJAX are the 
best answers.

If the customer finds it acceptable to download and install a runtime 
engine, Rev makes a great contender as it is today.

Three useful examples:

An AOL-like Internet service bundled with Rev:
Development->Plugins->GoRevNet

A net app that downloads and plays interactice geospatial info:
<http://ddm.geo.umass.edu/>

Engineering courseware delivered in a custom net app:
<http://reactorlab.net/>


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