HTML Editor in Flex? Can we say that squarespace has managed to do that? Although isn’t a complex one it is a start. What is next? We can think that in the future Dreamweaver may become a web RIA. Or some other HTML Editors will be created using Flex and AIR.
For some developers this sounds a little bit disturbing when we think that some may loose their jobs and businesses, but for the hundreds of millions of people this is awesome because they will be able to create their websites on the spot without worrying about HTML 4, XHTML, FTP and all other technologies involved there.
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They are using AJAX for the builder interface. Flash is only used to display the charts in the dashboard.
Though SquareSpace looks pretty slick like Flex can, it is actually all JavaScript. Go ahead and create a trial account and play with it. You can right-click on all the cool looking “Flex” parts and see that it is just HTML and JavaScript.
Thanks guys! You’re right… Squarespace is using most of the tine AJAX and just in some parts Flex or Flash.