ha. yes there are no great layout frameworks for flash. (but i'm working on that...)
@ jason - i still have to compile all my work for fp 9,0,115. and i feel lucky to be in the past as2 so, does anyone else see the black box nature of html tags a detriment? will that end up changing in the future? or has everyone just accepted the franken-crap that it all is and just hope someone else keeps trying to hide the smell? On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Henrik Andersson <[email protected]>wrote: > I am not saying that HTML is the best solution here, but it has one > thing that Flash does not: a built in layout manager system. It is not > the one you are used to from Java and it is a major mess to figure out. > But it is one thing that Flash lacks. > > Unless you count Flex that is. I don't like Flex. > > Ktu skriver: > > if i am not mistaken, jQuery is a framework that makes working with html > > tags easier. but you are still stuck with using those tags. > > > > its not a matter of 'can you do it with this language', its a matter of > > 'what control do i have'. i have always felt that as a developer, you > have > > less control over how html works, than how flash works. there are greater > > and deeper black boxes in html. > > > > i just don't see why people like working in html at all. they took a > markup > > language, designed to be static and Frankenstein-ed it with javascript > and > > css to compensate where they should have attempted to create something > new. > > > > > > i don't think the future is bleak at all either. in fact, i think that > > flash might end up being used more and more for tools, education, and > > visualization. but that's what i am using it for and i am a bit out of > > touch with what everyone else is doing. > > > > are there ways that i could effectively create my own 'tag' with its own > > attributes and events and use that in lieu of a natvie html tag? > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may or may not be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, congratulations, you got mail! _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
