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Mashup FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - Flash
- What language does the mashlet use (flash, Ajax, etc)?
- What is the deliverable to the client? A mashup? Mashlet? I'm trying to understand how the application dev process changes in a mashup architecture.
- Can you please review what the outcome are of the mashup? RSS / GRID / CHART anything else? .. HTML?
- How the Mashups are being handled for different devices display capacity (PC, iPhone, Blackberries, etc)?
- Can widgets only be viewed on web browsers or is there support for programmatically accessing widget data from .NET or Java?
- What is the basis for your statement that "anything on the web is free game" -- many websites have restrictions on use that you must agree to before proceeding (for example, before tracking a package on UPS.com)?
- How does your tool harvest data from Flash/Flex apps on web sites?
- Can I display the mashlets in a Silverlight application?
- The mashlet UI support OOTB is simply but has limited features, right? e.g., it's not possible if the users want to define some drag and drop features with JavaScript?
- Is Mashup driven by AJAX?
- What charting package(s) do you use? Is there an available list of the specific chart types available? Is it possible to extend the existing chart set with 3rd party charting packages?
- Is it required to compile the mashup separately for its deployment into .Net and J2EE containers? Does it require separate code base?
