>From my point of view, it's because there are a huge number of programmers out there who simply wouldn't look at Flash as a serious development option if they didn't have something like Flex Builder and Flex.
Flash is awesome for graphics manipulation and all sorts of very cool things, but most enterprise business software doesn't have that as the primary goal. The primary goal there is to fit business requirements. If you can take advantage of all the cool stuff in Flash that's great, but it's a secondary priority. I've been working with Flex doing development, training and consulting for about a year now and I can tell you that there are an awful lot of people who are very glad that Flex is around. Flex 1.5 was aimed at a different market than what Flash is. Now that Flex 2 pricing has been announced, a lot more people will be looking at it as an option. I don't know how many people will move from Flash to Flex, but I know a lot who will be moving from Java or other languages to Flex. my 2 cents Spike On 10/28/05, Keith L. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "One might ask, however, why, " Hmmm, welll let's see. Could it be $$$? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ryanm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Why Flex? > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
