Just want to share, OpenLaszlo = Flash 7,8,9 + DHTML

When I first heard that OpenLaszlo was going to generate DHTML, in addition to their Flash runtime I thought they were crazy. The OpenLaszlo framework (which I haven't played with since 3.0) had some bothersome quality issues (mostly with some built-in components). I thought if they couldn't get 1 front-end kicking major ass, then why would they want to add the headache of tacking on the DHTML version?

Well, they've explained it all very nicely in their blog post, Introducing Legals.

Essentially, they had to re-write a huge amount of code to take advantage of Flash 9, so they took the opportunity to make sure their compiler could generate a DHTML front end.

If I was in-charge of the project I'm not sure I would have taken the project in that direction. But hey, it's there's and good luck to them!