[JDEV] Introduction

[vik]

 Flash generator allows dynamic flash, really kewl stuff.. that may be worth a look at for anyone who is making a web client..
                                                 -vik


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Waite <mass at ufl.edu>
Reply-To: jdev at jabber.org
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:46:30 -0500 (EST)

>
>On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, John P. Looney wrote:
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>> On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 12:12:49PM -0500, Brian Gray mentioned:
>>  I think David Waite is still working on a Java applet Jabber client, and
>> though it's not as likely to be flash (sic) as a shockwave one, it's
>> probably a good deal more portable (and awkward people like me disable
>> shockwave for no good reason).
>
>Ooh, while flash would be very high on the coolness scale, I don't know
>how you would go about making something primarily text-based like a chat
>into something vector-graphics based like flash. Especially since I don't
>think you can tweak the flash backend via something like javascript or
>java on the page (although I haven't kept up with flash since like 2.0)
>
>I categorize a flash IM in the same category as a 3D Window Manager..
>Really interesting idea, but I've yet to see one of either that was as
>functional as their 'more boring' counterparts. In the flash IM case, I
>have yet to see one at all :)
>
>-David Waite
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