Would it be fair to say then that you believe there is a market for an editor that would allow you to use tags to describe what you want a Flash Component to do?
So you might have something like this: <combobox allowfreetext="true" label="Select or type an email address to use"> <option value="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</option> <option value="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</option> </combobox> Which would generate a swf with a combo box where you could either type free text or select an exisiting option. I can see how that would be both desirable and feasible especially if there was an API for writing the Flash components and XML to construct them. I wonder how much people would be prepared to pay for that? Hmmm... Spike >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Chris Velevitch >Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 8:37 PM >To: CFAussie Mailing List >Subject: [cfaussie] Flex Tools (was Cold Fusion vs ASP) > >On Tue, 4 May 2004 11:45:09 +1000, Barry Beattie ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>>> is Macromedia aware of the opportunity to separately sell (at more >> reasonable price) the MXML compiler as a new tool? >> >> I'm sure they're very aware. it'd kill proper FLEX sales left and >> center. > >I disagree that a separate MXML compiler will kill Flex sales. >That's just like saying the Flash IDE will kill Flex sales. >The cost of Flex is in the deployment, the development tools >are free. The cost of Flash development is in the tool, >deployment is free. All I'm saying (and want) is a standalone, >single user MXML compiler to complement my tool set. The cost >of which would be around the same price, if not less, as the Flash IDE. > >All I want to do (as an individual developer) is use the ease >of MXML to create the Flash-based user interface. > > >Chris > >--- >You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia >http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
