One of the downsides of Flash (7 and 8) regarding components is that its
not easy to change the look and feel, not to mention skinning, which is a
pain.
With Flex 2 this has become soooooo easy.
Everything (or almost) can be done through CSS (internal and external),
including embedding assets (jpg, gif, png, swf, swf library symbols).
Embedded assets can be used as skins for components, like Buttons for
instance.
One might ask, however, why, instead of creating a whole new development
platform, they didn't just release better components that are easier to
skin, better CSS support, better html support, and just make Flash a whole
lot more capable and eay to develop for. Sure, skinning is easy in Flex, but
why not make skinning components easy in Flash, rather than making "skinning
is easier in Flex" a marketing campaign for Flex?
ryanm
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