In truth, DHTML is frikin damn easy to work with, and while I'm impressed with what Erik has done, and while i think the money is alright etc, it still requires adoption of another persons framework which is another development learning curve (with DHTML, its kind of un-necessary).
My first reaction was "buy", after looking closer at the overall code and what not, its pretty overly-complex and in truth, emulating desktop environment via DHTML isn't exactly a smart use of DHTML as it can be your undoing (so much crap to emulate, and with DOM that is a heck of a balancing act as its kind of still stateless).
I'm more inclined to still plow on with my AS2.0/FLEX skills combined with DHTML and see what comes up. That and I have a week to knock this DHTML project i'm working on, so time isn't a luxury at the moment.
Still, It was pretty damn cool to see how far Erik has come from the old WebOS he did (that was what got me started with DHTML). I've worshipped Erik since laying eyes on WebFX many years ago, and that guy is a deadset DHTML genius.
Interesting to see if others have used it and how they have re-skinned / stylizaed it though..
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Barry Beattie wrote:
, I wonder if it is cross browser
http://www.bindows.net/faq/#1.2 - not yet.(damn pity)
how does the DHTML thing work
http://www.bindows.net/faq/#1.1 - in a nutshell, JS + CSS and lots of it (via XML in this case)
Has tq purchased flex yet?
yeah, Scott - will BM get it through? (justification Vs $$$)
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in other words: $lots (balanced against dev time for alternatives, I suppose)
barry.b
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From: Gareth Edwards Sent: Monday, 5 April 2004 12:44 PM
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Subject: [cfaussie] RE: DHTML ver of FLEX :)
Scott.
Reading your blogs. Has tq purchased flex yet? how does the DHTML thing work, I wonder if it is cross browser. Ie as much as Flash is.
Gareth.
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very cool...
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