[OT] Flash wants standalones

[Ken Ray]

Trevor,

Is this much different in theory than a Rev standalone the communicates
over internet protocols to a backend database? I know it's Flash and not
Rev, but is it basically the same?

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Trevor DeVore
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:07 PM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: [OT] Flash wants standalones
> 
> 
> I will take a stab at this since I am sitting in the Keynote at the 
> FlashForward conference where Macromedia just did a 
> presentation of it. 
>   Some interesting things from the keynote:
> 
> 1) Macromedia Central will allow developers to create flash based 
> desktop applications on Mac and Windows.  This will far 
> surpass what is 
> currently available from the Flash player.
> 2) Macromedia Central allows you to have your web connected apps 
> running like a desktop application but now a user can save data while 
> they are offline and then synch up with a server once they connect to 
> the internet again.
> 3) A developer can now make flash apps that people can purchase and 
> Central handles the trial period as well as the purchasing of the 
> program.  This opens up a new market for Flash application developers.
> 
> There are definitely other things but this is what stood out to me 
> during the Central presentation.  It looks like a really interesting 
> product.
> 
> Trevor DeVore
> Blue Mango Multimedia
> trevor at mangomultimedia.com
> 
> On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 12:41  PM, Alex Rice wrote:
> 
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1046-994258.html
> >
> > I'm a little confused about what it is, because I thought there was
> > already a standalone flash player that doesn't require a browser 
> > plugin.
> >
> > Alex Rice, Software Developer
> > Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. alrice at ARCplanning.com
> > alrice at swcp.com
> >
> >
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