Comments on: A Flash Browser On the Horizon? http://petitpub.com/blog/2006/08/21/flash-browser-ng/ Thoughts on anything on my mind Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:53:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Petit http://petitpub.com/blog/2006/08/21/flash-browser-ng/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Petit Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:34:01 +0000 http://petitpub.com/blog/2006/08/21/flash-browser-ng/#comment-447 Hmm ... Yes, as a first impression that may be true. It's not exactly comparable though. The Java interpreter needs a Java interpreter to run, while a Flash movie needs the Player. The Player runs, as any executable, on top of the operating system, using its services, or indirectly in a host application, e.g. as a plugin to a web browser. If we forget about the well spread browser plugin, and only look at the Flash "movie" as just another rich fat presentation layer, we may well think browser. It has much of what's needed for enriched data presentation, such as capabilities for networking, XML and CSS. And then of course the animation, video and sound presentation. Adobe aims at Flash desktop and mobile applications. It may be overkill, but I think we'll see something like that. I'd prefer a Java based browser though. I have written a couple, using Swing and for a very simplistic browser presenting formatted text and GIF/JPEG images, I believe it takes some 10-15 lines of code. Hmm … Yes, as a first impression that may be true. It’s not exactly comparable though. The Java interpreter needs a Java interpreter to run, while a Flash movie needs the Player.

The Player runs, as any executable, on top of the operating system, using its services, or indirectly in a host application, e.g. as a plugin to a web browser.

If we forget about the well spread browser plugin, and only look at the Flash “movie” as just another rich fat presentation layer, we may well think browser. It has much of what’s needed for enriched data presentation, such as capabilities for networking, XML and CSS. And then of course the animation, video and sound presentation.

Adobe aims at Flash desktop and mobile applications. It may be overkill, but I think we’ll see something like that.

I’d prefer a Java based browser though. I have written a couple, using Swing and for a very simplistic browser presenting formatted text and GIF/JPEG images, I believe it takes some 10-15 lines of code.

]]> By: Sean http://petitpub.com/blog/2006/08/21/flash-browser-ng/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Sean Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:58:16 +0000 http://petitpub.com/blog/2006/08/21/flash-browser-ng/#comment-444 Flash being able to handle HTML/XML/CSS is interesting, and a lot of cool things can be done with that functionality, but having a full browser written in Flash seems pointless. Something about that feels like a Java interpreter written in Java. Flash being able to handle HTML/XML/CSS is interesting, and a lot of cool things can be done with that functionality, but having a full browser written in Flash seems pointless.

Something about that feels like a Java interpreter written in Java.

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