If you do Flash Remoting in .NET - read on. We at MXDJ began to hear about
FlashORB and went straight to the source for an inside view of this
alternative to Macromedia's Flash Remoting.
Everyone is talking about rich Internet applications. Some are experimenting;
others are building real applications. Flash MX downloads are exceeding all
expectations, and there is a general consensus that the Internet has evolved
enough to take the user experience to the next level. With all the
advancements on the client side, however, there has not been enough
innovation on the server side. Macromedia has provided the initial set of the
server-side technologies with Flash Remoting, but has not updated them since
the initial release. The technology is still intrusive, noncohesive, and ... (more)
With the recent release of Flash MX 2004 Professional Edition and the SOAP
support built into Flash Player some are questioning whether Flash Remoting
has become obsolete. Indeed, it appears that Macromedia did not do anything
to enhance the Flash Remoting feature, but instead made a significant stride
to beef up support for SOAP Web services. The noticeable presence of the
WebServiceCon... (more)