Comments on: New Google Analytics Mixes up Flash and Ajax http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/ The Vixiom Blog :: Flex & Flash on Rails Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: KreeK http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-25024 KreeK Wed, 23 May 2007 16:03:55 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-25024 If you have multiple flash components embeded on a HTML page then yes I would use ajax as a hub/queue for data transfer. If you want two seperate flash components to talk to each other you can use flash's 'ExternalInterface' to send data down to JavaScript which would then pass the data to the other flash movie again with ExternalInterface http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15683 If you don't need flash to talk to the page Flash Remoting or Flash's built in XML commands are a better bet. If you have multiple flash components embeded on a HTML page then yes I would use ajax as a hub/queue for data transfer. If you want two seperate flash components to talk to each other you can use flash’s ‘ExternalInterface’ to send data down to JavaScript which would then pass the data to the other flash movie again with ExternalInterface http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15683

If you don’t need flash to talk to the page Flash Remoting or Flash’s built in XML commands are a better bet.

]]> By: ray http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-25023 ray Wed, 23 May 2007 15:35:34 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-25023 Can you give more explanations on your observation? Is that because you have ajax as a centralized hub for data communication or ajax itself talks faster? Is there a way for flash component to communicate with each other? thanks Can you give more explanations on your observation?
Is that because you have ajax as a centralized hub for data communication or ajax itself talks faster? Is there a way for flash component to communicate with each other? thanks

]]> By: KreeK http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-24340 KreeK Mon, 14 May 2007 15:22:54 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-24340 Yes that was a bit of blanket statement. In this case Ajax is the best way to send data back and forth because there are multiple Flash components on a page. I've had cases where I had three or more Flash components on a page that tried to load data all at once and it was quicker to get the data via Ajax and have it passed to the components. That said 99% of the time I use Flash Remoting or XML straight to Flash. Yes that was a bit of blanket statement.

In this case Ajax is the best way to send data back and forth because there are multiple Flash components on a page. I’ve had cases where I had three or more Flash components on a page that tried to load data all at once and it was quicker to get the data via Ajax and have it passed to the components. That said 99% of the time I use Flash Remoting or XML straight to Flash.

]]> By: topfunky http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-24135 topfunky Fri, 11 May 2007 15:48:17 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2007/05/11/new-google-analytics-mixes-up-flash-and-ajax/#comment-24135 I'm curious about your assertion that Ajax is better than Flash as the "data workhorse." Flash is also capable of transferring data remotely to a server and has good XML features. Why do you think that Ajax (Javascript) is better for that? I’m curious about your assertion that Ajax is better than Flash as the “data workhorse.” Flash is also capable of transferring data remotely to a server and has good XML features. Why do you think that Ajax (Javascript) is better for that?

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