When to use Flash

Rich Internet Applications

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are next generation web applications that combine the functionality of desktop software with the broad reach and low cost deployment of the web. Macromedia - Business : Rich Internet Applications

• https://www.beatport.com/
• Laszlo Systems
• Mini USA - Design your own Mini and send it to the dealer.
• Broadmoor hotel reservations - Make hotel reservations and see results immediately.
• Dai Nippon - Search for the right printer ribbon.
• Funda - Funda is the Dutch site for potential house buyers. See the maximum mortgage you can afford based on a set of configurable preferences.
• Video gallery - On Macromedia's site: filter video projects by industry or by region.
• Into - on the site of Macromedia: Into is our site dedicated to your interests. Are you ready?
• Intro app - demo application built for Macromedia and used at the FlashForward2003 conference. Gets you in contact with conference goers with equal interests. User name: mtendam, password: intro39.

• Demos
  • Laszlo Amazon demo - Laszlo's single-page Web experience allows users to access all shopping cart information on one screen.
  • camerafinder demo
  • E*TRADE FINANCIAL - Get fast stock quotes with no page reloads. Enter a ticker symbol in the Quotes module on the top right.

• ToysRUs catalogue - is removed

General overview: Macromedia - Business : RIA Examples

Commerce and shopping

• Blue London Jeans - demo site by Firstborn multimedia

Information visualization

• BMLwalker - Biological motion patterns in a walking human.
• El Pais infographics - Created by Rafa Höhr and Cristián Werb.
• Local elections map - Interactive map that shows the local elections results in Yorkshire.

Information retrieval

• ITU - a topic map driven web site with a Aqua Browser like interface

User customization

• Timbuk2 - Messenger bags - Build your own bag
• Olivetti Digital Copier Configurator - Digital Copier Configurator built using Flash 5

E-learning and education

• Theban Mapping Project - Reader comment on Edward Tufte forum: I have seen few sites to rival the Thebian Mapping Project for the use of Flash. The information architecture, the interactivity, and most importantly the learning tools. The user can, for example, measure the length and width of any tomb in the project. The design allows me to guide my own discovery process. Well done! Simply launch the "Atlas of the Valley of the Kings" and you'll see what I mean. There are many more wonderful surprises to be had at this site.

Movies

• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Identity

Video on the web

• Motion from ESPN
• http://www.franchising.tv/ - Italian television broadcast using Flashcom.
• CNN video - CNN offers short video headlines in Flash format
• Video gallery - On Macromedia's site: See how 36 companies such as Ben and Jerry's and the Washington Post create distinctive customer experiences integrating video right into their site designs.

Music

• www.megacharts.nl - Dutch Mega Top 50, Top 40, Album Top 100. Full Flash site.

Beauty and art

• Pagan Poetry - interactive animation to a song of Björk

Communication

See: Forums

• Database sets
  • http://www.flashcomponents.net/fcmx.cfm