I would like to see FlexJS advertised more as a way to expand Flex, rather than to replace ActionScript or Flash.
brought to you by the letters A, V, and I and the number 47 On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > Ok, I will remove the "Flash-based solutions no longer desirable" > > Anybody besides Maurice think I need to change or remove the "Flex without > Flash"? > > -Alex > > On 3/24/14 11:52 PM, "Deepak MS" <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >I looked into this slide: > >Why FlexJS? > > > >Adobe Flash Player used to be in every browser > >Adobe AIR used to run on most computers > >Executives no longer carry Flash-capable devices > >AIR apps require installation and upgrades > >AIR apps have some fidelity issues > >Flash-based solutions no longer desirable > >Large MXML and ActionScript code bases > > > >I honestly felt that it's depicting flex\flash in a negative way. > > > >Subject says 'Why FlexJS?', but instead it talks 'Why we shouldn't use > >flex\flash'. Flex is so popular because the way it is(running on flash > >player with super rich UI). Only problem is it cannot run on mobile > >devices > >on browser because of flash player limitation. And this is where FlexJS > >comes into picture. And I feel we need to portray FlexJS as a powerful > >alternative for running flex based apps on mobile browsers. > > > >I don't think FlexJS would give exact same output as flash player. And > >hence I would strongly encourage my customers to use our flex applications > >on desktops\laptops and I would give a alternative app(compiled with > >FlexJS) for their mobile browsers, which would be light weight. > > > >I am assuming that FlexJS would be used to convert MXML\ActionScript code. > >And if we say 'Flash based solutions no longer desirable' and if people > >stop creating flex applications, then the whole purpose of FlexJS would > >get > >defeated, I reckon. > > > >That was my perspective. I don't know, all those pointers may sound > >correct > >for some too. May be it all depends on how each individual would take it > >:) > > > >Agree with Om regarding a mention of new features\enhancements\skinning. > > > > > > > > > > > >On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Justin Mclean > ><jus...@classsoftware.com>wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> > 2. The numbers on slide 32 is a outdated. We have more than 40,000 > >> > installs of the Flex SDK since we started keeping track. > >> > >> BTW where do you get the 40,000 number from. I can only see 30,000 in > >>the > >> google stats. That only include 4.9 and up are you including 4.8 in that > >> and if so how did we measure that it got 10,000 downloads? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Justin > >
