Feature Comparison

       
FEATURE HTML FLASH FLEX CAPACITOR
       
This list is features that exist in a technology without coding      
       
Navigation system that supports a Uniform Resource Identifier X   X
       
Hyperlink supports X   X
- navigate to an anchor by name or id X   X
- navigate to an anchor by vertical position     X
- navigate to an application state     X
- navigate to a state of a component     X
- navigate and pass parameters X   X
- navigate to a URL
 X   X
- strictly change parameters
 X   X
- prompt download of a file X   X
- handle media by type X   X
- handle with Flash based media handler     X
- pass url to browser     X
       

     
Application Context Menu Support
   
- Back X   X
- Forward X   X
- Reload X   X
- Bookmark this Page X   X
- Save Page As X   X
- Send Page X   X
- Copy Page Location X   X
       
Hyperlink Component (button, text link, image link, anchor)      
- Open in a new Window X   X
- Save Link As X   X
- Send Link X   X
- Copy Link Location X   X
       
Images      
- View Image X   X
- Copy Image Location X   X
- Save Image X   X
- Zoom in / out     X
- Image Path X   X
- Image Size X   X
       
       
Media Handler      
- Image media handler     X
- Audio media handler Quicktime   X
- Video media handler Quicktime   X
- custom file type handlers X   X
       
Cache Site for Offline viewing      
- View offline Gears   X
- Cache for faster retrieval X   X
       
Shortened or Pretty URLs      
- All URL's can be shorten or compressed     X
- Parameter length limit is removed     X
       
Find on this Page Search X   X
       
Actions (interaction or behavior)      
- You don't need coding skills to use interactions     X
- Actions are for everyone from beginner to advanced     X
       
- Actions can be customized to fit any need     X
- Actions support conditions and nested conditions     X
- Actions are easy to read, understand and apply     X
- Developers can easily create, extend or replace Actions     X
- Actions panel are available in MXML and ready for tooling     X
       
Page Title      
- Automatically updated as you navigate X   X
- Page title can use state names or aliases     X
- Page title can be bound to any property     X
       
URL Query String      
- Can be automatically converted to Flash query string     X
       
Search Engine Compatible      
- Hyperlink support allows search engines to crawl sites X   X
- Hyperlinks dispatch an event for search engines X   X
- Once dynamic content is returned Flash dispatches an event in AS and JS for SEO     X
- Can redirect from Flash to HTML or HTML to Flash based on criteria X X X
- Content can be passed to HTML Document X   X
       
       
Other Benefits      
- Write once run anywhere   X X
- Visually identical across multiple browsers   X X
- Architecture is designed to support a new generation of Web 3.0 websites     X