Comments on: Here is another reason Flash is better than AJAX for web apps

By: Mike Britton

Mike Britton — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:33:48 +0000

If AJAX is properly achieved, with a scalable design, it can be just as good as Flash.

You can’t compile AJAX, so more runtime errors are likely as you debug.

Both languages have debugging techniques that allow you to step through code (AJAX has alerts), so they are pretty even there.

Flash runs in Flash player, so I agree that cross-browser performance and compatibility is a major failure of AJAX.

AJAX allows for better SEO, but that will change.

I have to say that imo it’s a tie. There’s a greater backlash against Flash by programmers who resent the ubiquity of creative platforms. This is important to consider when you listen to the rhetoric surrounding this subject.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:12:06 +0000

@Lawrie
I will test on both Windows and Mac, only Linux unfortunately I do not have a computer that installed it natively.
I have quite a lot of homeworks in queue, so please wait.

@_s
Totally agree your point.
Flash for the computational intensive stuff and AJAX for the simple interactive stuff.

By: _s

_s — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:44:24 +0000

is a spoon better than a fork ?

By: Lawrie

Lawrie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:12:02 +0000

Interesting points.
From my experience, CPU intensive flash content often runs significantly slower on a Mac, in our office anyway.
I’ll be keen to see the benchmark stats when you get them done.