Andrew Eatherington recently shared his Arp success story with the OSFlash mailing list. Andrew used Arp in his project to build the Nutrition Counter RIA for the McDonald's UK web site. I may not eat at McDonald's or support their business model but the application itself is a very good example of a clean, good-looking and useful RIA.
The application was built using Arp and the WebServiceConnector. It is published for the Flash 6 player.
To quote Andrew, "Its a first for me and I have enjoyed trying out ARP in the 'real world'. Look forward to many more."
You can view the Nutrition Counter in the "Eat Smart" Section of McDonald's UK.
You can learn more about Arp and other open source Flash projects on OSFlash.
The Arp success story: McDonald’s Nutrition Counter article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License.
HAHA, McDonald’s Nutrition Counter??? HAHA!
But it’s great RIA!
Excellent. With this tool I was able to construct the ultimate super-size meal:
Bigger Big Mac (714 calories), Large French Fries (450), Sweet Curry Dip (61), Large Chocolate Milkshake (516), Smarties McFlurry (327).
Totalling a gut-bustin’ 2068 calories and 81.86 grams of fat!
Seriously though, I’ve not eaten in one of these places for, literally, years. However, it’s a good and informative RIA – I’d never have guessed that, gram for gram, fries have more calories than a burger.
Ohhhh this is great! I wish there was a way for me to carry this in my pocket. My current phone isn’t smart enough. :-)