And it's not just the advantages Flex has with comboboxes and dropdown menus and the like. There are a ton of other advantages, like for example, databinding, easy to code layout, including liquid layout, easy component creation, easy skinning, TONS of components Flash doesn't have,which are not necessarily just for "applications", they could be for games and other interactions, like color pickers, charts, tree, and things like webservice components for data connections (no longer available with Flash). Flexbuilder also has bandwidth profiling and better coding tools that Flash doesn't.
For fancy animation stuff, Flash is the clear choice - but anymore, I tend to look at both equally for projects. For large complex stuff, I would go with Flex, - for less complex or animation driven, I would go with Flash. However, Flex DOES have animation and effects built into it too, and you can animate with Actionscript in Flex, so it's really more a question of what kind of project you are working on. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative Learning Blog and subscribe. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dr.ache Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:22 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash unbelievable bad quality this site. would have expected something better from bmw. Joel Stransky schrieb: > I'm struggling with this a bit myself. For web based applications that > include lots of UI like checkboxes, tabs, dropdowns etc. Flex is the clear > choice. That's what it was built for.For small flash elements like banners, > animations and video, Flash is probably the best option. > But what seems hard to answer is weather or not mxml is a good option for > full (FWA quality) flash sites. > > Look at bmwusfactory.com. All Flex, but did it need to be? > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Lehr, Ross (N-SGIS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >> I guess this is somewhat off topic, but I'm new to the whole Flex thing. >> What are some of the reasons one would build something in Flex instead >> of Flash? Is it just a preference thing, or are there real technical >> reasons one should build a particular app in Flex? >> >> Thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
