Browsershots.org

Cory sends us this link: www.browsershots.org.

From their website:

What is Browsershots?

Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

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Note that the resulting Browsershots screen shots are open for all to see, so don't submit anything you want to keep under wraps. They can give you priority queue status for $15 month, not sure if there is any way to pay to keep your screens private.

Flex/Flash .SWF files now searchable

One advantage that HTML pages have over RIAs is that HTML content is readable and indexable by search engines, while content in RIAs is typically not exposed -- it's hidden from search engine crawlers and indexing systems. This inability to crawl and index RIA content is considered to be somewhat of a hindrance in the adoption of RIA technology.

That's changing.

Yesterday, Adobe announced that they are collaborating with Google and Yahoo! to roll the Adobe Flash player technology into the their respective search systems. This would allow the search engines to read and run .swf files, in turn allowing allow them to dynamically retrieve (crawl) and index information accessed via these .swf files.

According to the press release, Google has already begun to roll this ability out. Yahoo! is not far behind.