Thanks, Jeff. Well, since you have mentioned it, what are the wonderful positives?
Oleh On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Jeff Noyes <[email protected]> wrote: > I designed a really complex enterprise application in Flex for Bank of > America. It's got some wonderful positives, but you're asking about > drawbacks, so here it goes: > > 1. Not a lot of Flex developers. Finding resources is a challenge > (although it's community has grown since my project) > 2. It's accessible, but it takes work. There's a library of accessible > components out there somewhere. > 3. Depending on it's use, it's footprint MAY be heavier than other > solutions. > 4. It's not free. > 5. Some designers don't know how to build in a page-less paradigm. > 6. Getting data is fast, I wouldn't worry about that. You can lazy load > the data if needed. > > I'm completely impressed with what's going on in the jQuery space, so if > you haven't checked that out, you should. > > > > > On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Oleh Kovalchuke wrote: > > We are thinking about building data processing application entirely in >> Flex. >> >> The benefits: there are component libraries ( >> >> http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex3StyleExplorer.html >> ), >> which can be modified via CSS, the initial development time is short, >> charting capabilities. >> >> Anyone has built data processing app in Flex before? What are the possible >> drawbacks? >> - UI and code maintenance, modification. >> - Accessibility (compatibility with screen readers) - this is not for the >> app, but relevant for side project. >> - Scallability - presentation, manipulation of large amount of data in a >> data grid. >> - Licensing issues? >> >> There was a brief discussion of Flash two years ago: >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21887< >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21887&search=flash+awesome> >> Any updates? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Oleh Kovalchuke >> Interaction Design is design of time >> http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
