Flash will evolve into an application software development tool

In a speech on March 22, 2002 in Macworld Tokyo 2002, Domic Garrero, senior vice president of the Macromedia Company, said about the company's new product "Flash MX" and the "flash Communication Application Server "was described. In the speech, he stressed that Flash, which began as a tool for making information content, was evolving into an application development tool.

Speaking at the beginning of the speech, Garrero the advantages of making Web information content using Flash, "in the past the Web site needs to be back and forth between multiple pages, each time the customer accesses the Web server." In contrast, in a flash based system, only a one-time read in the program, you can display a variety of pictures at once, no need to go back and forth between the pages.

This is because "the purpose of the Web site is to attract user access, while Flash takes action by the user" (Garrero), emphasizing that Flash is not just a tool for making information content, but that it is becoming more and more colorful as an environment for developing and executing applications.

Flash MX is a step in this direction. The biggest feature of Flash MX is its support for animations. You can easily embed zooming, moving, and vertical and horizontal elongate features in the Flash information content. "Using Flash will make the most suitable animated content for advertising and online learning (e-Learning)," says Garrero.

In addition, the company will start selling the tools "Flash communication application Server" for communication applications such as email, chat and video conferencing from the second half of 2002. The product will be embedded in the flash content of a variety of communication application software.

Garrero said, "So far, to establish a videoconference system needs to have knowledge of programming languages such as C + +, and need to understand the principles of video playback." In contrast, if you use flash communication application Server, you can complete the videoconferencing system with a Web camera and microphone, plus a more than 10-line action script description.

Flash Communication Application Server is developed as a tool for adding communication functions to Web sites such as enterprises, and also actually exposes the use of flash communication in the lecture venue application Server's videophone.

Finally, Garrero concludes, "by putting in Flash communication application Server, Flash can provide communication capabilities in addition to the rich variety of information content and application software."