Re: [Phptest-users] Help with java and PHP timer for PHPTest

[Kathleen A . Ferraro]

Hi Dan,

I have never been one to choose proprietary solutions over opensource 
ones; however, I have recently begun exploring ways to integrate flash 
into my otherwise almost exclusively php/mysql/apache/unix world. I 
have been strongly influenced by Jacobson and Jacobson's  _Flash and 
XML: A Developer's Guide_, which explains and illustrates ways to use 
Flash not just for the whizz bang skip-intro stuff but to provide 
attractive and functional interfaces to database-backed pages. My 
colleagues and I develop instructional materials for medical education. 
We need to illustrate things, processes, just noticeable differences, 
etc. I don't think javascript would allow us to develop the kind of 
interactivity we need, but I could be wrong. I may have given up on 
javascript too soon when I got tired of inconsistencies in its behavior 
across platforms and browsers. Maybe Flash will prove to have the same 
inconsistencies, but that has not been my experience so far. As for 
restricting browsers, again, I have not had that experience. I am not 
aware of a browser/platform that will not work with Flash. Until last 
month, web access from our computer classrooms was via netscape 4.x 
running on xterminals. There was a Flash plugin for solaris. When we 
installed it,  no one ever reported trouble with Flash apps, but we had 
many problems with javascript. I am happy to discuss this further if 
you want outside this arena.

In the meantime, if you can answer my query about where to put the 
onload() function in my script, that'd be great.

All best,

Kathie

On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 05:33 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:

> Kathleen A.Ferraro wrote:
> > Thanks, TW-2. I have just been working on a timer for a phptest 
> > project myself. I was looking into using flash/actionscript ...
>
> Why would anyone use flash for this?  Wouldn't that
> needlessly restrict the web browsers that could use it?
> This is just one more example of how Flash is perverting
> the web.

> Javascript may not be universal, but at least it's an
> open standard, and there are free software implementations.
> - Dan
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