Searchable SWFs – Game Changing
Adobe just dropped a bomb as far as I’m concerned. They’ve announced a collaboration between Google and Yahoo to bring fully searchable SWFs. Ted on Flex reveals the best part:
The cool part is that this also covers dynamic data loaded in from requests to a server, these are typically ignored in both AJAX and SWF applications.
This is going to open the door for a lot of the cool and useful things we’ve been wanting to do for clients at Figaro, but have had reservations about because of SEO implications, and I’m sure many RIA houses out there feel the same.
Combine this news with a tool like swfaddress to provide deep linking into your applications and BAM! you have a killer combo. Let’s just remember to keep our apps classy and tasteful, guys and gals. This news isn’t cause to go hog wild with flash like the late 90s, early 2000s restaurant site debacle.