Flash is cool. It gives us not-so-artistic people the option to make things more interactive and neat looking. It also makes for some very integrated sites without extensive javascript (of which is more or less supported by various browsers and so on).
I happen to remember this script called FlashChat and found the homepage for it. You can go look at the $5 Script Archive for various neat scripts. They aren’t free (actually, there are 3 free ones), but $5 is pretty damn cheap. Essentially, it’s free with a donation as far as I’m concerned. I do have to admit, there is an even cooler image gallery here than the last one I linked. If only I had a point to it, I might actually pay the $5 to play with making a php editor for the xml.
I think I’ll go look for a good Flash book sometime soon. I have a couple really out dated ones and never learned Flash completely by any means. Flash front ends, php back ends… god that’s sweet. The trick will be a means to allow people to have flash if they want it, but also have a stripped down but standards compliant version. I’m not sure how i’m going to do this. Maybe weird css… or just php backend with some javascript checking or… i have no idea.
Anyway, you chould check out the five dollar script archive (via my affiliate link please) and get one if you have any use for them. How about a flash interface to your forum? I might try to give my blog a flash interface… after i get a good book