Flash vs. Ajax for the next generation Rich Internet Applications
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There is an interesting debate going on in Dare's Blog about the next generation of rich internet applications.

Now, Flash has some interesting capabilities, and it is probably much easier to work with than Ajax. I am thinking specifically about not having to spend 2 hours moving a div three fixels to the right in IE. The problem of Flash is that it isn't a really good technology for doing stuff like... forms.

You know, simple stuff like accepting input from the user. It doesn't support (OOTB) stuff like tabbing between elements, multiply languages, right to left, accessability, etc. You can do all of the above, but it takes a non trivial effort.

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