RIA Platforms Lend Apps More Flash
Friday, March 18th, 2005IT Manager’s Journal has an article titled RIA platforms lend apps more Flash and offers glowing reviews of Flash, Flex and Laszlo as web application platforms.
IT Manager’s Journal has an article titled RIA platforms lend apps more Flash and offers glowing reviews of Flash, Flex and Laszlo as web application platforms.
XML/SWF Charts is a simple, yet powerful tool to create great looking web charts and graphs from dynamic XML data that can be in the form of a static XML file or dynamically generated XML from languages like PHP or ASP.
SlideShow Pro is a totally sweet Photo Gallery Component for Flash MX 2004. It includes many features like:
But the killer feature for me is it’s support for Flickr. You can create a slideshow of any Flickr feed – be it your own, somebody else, or a collection of images based on tag!
FotoBuzz Viewlet is a sweet Flash application that allows you to add image annotations to photos on your website. The comments are actually stored inside your images, but mySQL support is promised for the next version. On the server-side, PHP or Python support is required.
[link via Darron Schall]
One of my students pointed out Billy Harvey Music which is a really cool Flash site for a musician.
PHP/SWF Charts is a simple, yet powerful PHP script that creates attractive web charts from dynamic data. It uses PHP scripts to generate or gather the data from databases, then passes the data to the script to generate Flash (swf) charts.
The Skeleton Shop is a truly unique and addictive Flash game. The idea is to scare crows away by shooting seeds at your scarecrows. The game takes some skill and cool nerves.
Type in some lyrics and Let them sing it for you! This is a very cool Flash RIA that will take the lyrics that you type in and sings them back to you. Amazingly, each word has been sampled from some of the world’s greatest pop stars, so the resulting song is an audio collage of music!
Maukie is a really cool cat made with Macromedia Flash. You can interact with her and make her purr, scratch, and meow. The animation is very well done and picks up on many subtle nuances of the feline species.
These Typographic Illustrations are ablsolutely amazing. Choreographed to some fine music, the letters animate onto the screen and create some fantastic illustrations.
