Yes the components are reskinnable - super easy with CSS. MUCH easier than re-skinning components in Flash. For example, you can re-skin a Button component (or all buttons if you choose) in about 30 seconds in Flex. I don't know what you mean by the default preloader for components - that is at the application level in Flex - and you can change the way that looks too.
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 Latcho Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:48 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash Now we are on this topic: Are the components fast reskinnable ? I can guess not: That default flex preloader pops out everywhere .. Not to mention that blue-greyish backgroundcolor: If they had made the default pink that lazy man would think :) Latcho Juan Pablo Califano wrote: > 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 >>>> [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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
