James Sleeman wrote: > Flash isn't designed to be an interface toolkit, it is designed > to deliver animation and whizzy interactive things, let it do > what it's best at, leave the interface display to the various > libraries designed to be interface toolkits (and in the case of > web sites, to the HTML).
James; I respect the fact that you are entitled to your own opinion, and I think it is cool that you have so much knowledge about developing. Your comments make me think, though, you may want to take another look at Flash and get to learn the Actionscript language, because there is a lot more you can do with it than you are giving credit for. Flash is nothing but modular, once you get to know Actionscript. I have large libraries of functions, I have large directories of components I use time and time again, and I have movies that access databases via middleware and add/edit/delete/update the data. Given the fact AS is so simple to use and similar to JS (they are like 5 year old cousins), It is hard to see how anyone could develop simple user interfaces faster in Java or any other compiled language. If you want, I can send you some examples and I think you will be impressed. Peace, Mike -----Original Message----- From: James Sleeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re:[2] Jeremy Allaire interview on DevX Jon Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2/8/2002 6:24:23 PM: > >stas wrote: >> So you want to design your GUI in Flash > >I want to design a GUI with the tool that gives me the most power, with > the least amount of code. It would take considerably longer I believe to implement a competent gui in flash than to hand code in your toolkit of choice in compiled/interpreted language (eg Swing on Java, GTK in C, TK In Tcl, wxWindows in Python). >> re-invent every little widget? >It's called originality. Take an html select box widget for example. It >takes almost no code to create and stlye to create any kind of look >compared to what it takes to create in say CSharp, which I have been >working with lately. I long for style sheets when doing a form >component, just because it's what I'm used too. It's called consistency, and that is the driving force behind toolkits in the first place, it is much easier for the user if one programs "checkbox" looks and works the same as other program's checkboxes. Not to mention that it vastly increases code reuse and helps to enforce a modular approach for the engineer. Flash isn't designed to be an interface toolkit, it is designed to deliver animation and whizzy interactive things, let it do what it's best at, leave the interface display to the various libraries designed to be interface toolkits (and in the case of web sites, to the HTML). --- James Sleeman ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
