generally save bandwidth when comparing the whole app to an equivalent HTML
app, but will be larger compared to the equivalent Flash app, and most
importantly, larger than necessary due to current lack of RSL or ability to
specify classes that will be available dynamically at run-time.
Of course Flex is not made for "Hello World" apps and the 130kb startup size
stays at just 130 for a while even when you load up a bunch of components as
they reuse a lot of code. In my experience a typical real-world Flex app
will be 200-400kb.
Sam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 10:30 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: ...just took 60+ seconds to load "Hello World" in Flex!
>
> On Apr 8, 2004, at 10:41 PM, Samuel R. Neff wrote:
>
> > The second run should be significantly faster, but still a
> lot slower
> > than a
> > Flash "Hello World" app since every app will have the
> 130kb of Flex
> > base
> > classes.
>
> Small applications requiring little interaction can still
> benefit from
> the look and functionality that Flex provides, but as Sam points out,
> they are going to be significantly larger than their Flash or HTML
> equivalents. Medium to large applications, however, which are more
> interactive, start to benefit very quickly from a bandwidth
> perspective
> from the Flex application model. It's not unusual for pages on sites
> like Amazon or eBay to be anywhere from 60K to 90K in size, not
> counting external assets like images, style sheets, scripts, etc. It
> only takes one or two clicks before you are actually saving
> significant
> amounts of bandwidth with Flex.
>
> Christian
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