Oh yes, and I would totally agree with you Juan - some stuff just needs to be done with the timeline, no doubt about that.
Cool thing though, you can also hybrid projects, where some stuff is done in Flash, some stuff in Flex. Some stuff in Actionscript, some stuff in MXML. Whatever makes the most sense for what you are doing. 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 Juan Pablo Califano Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:56 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. 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. >>> 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 · 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 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
