>>> 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. >>>
I must say first that I haven't used Flex a lot. But, even though you can animate stuff with code (either in Flex or in Flash), one of the advantages of Flash is that you can create and edit animations on a timeline, which is a more natural setup for the kind of people that could generally make great animations (designers, "artists", animators, etc); most animations done in code, generally by coders, could be almost decent depending on your goal and, yes, simple stuff is usually a one line no-brainer with a tweening engine; but for complex, more interesting and "pro" animations, a good animator with a timeline could do much better job and in less time, in my opinion. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/11/19, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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 ยท 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 > >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
