We have different experiences with Flex. #1 I agree. It's not a whole lot different than annoying splash pages.
#2: 125K / 244K is the initial load of the application. After that, you are just passing data back and forth. With a normal web app, you're passing "the app" back and forth each time. I've heard that many Flex apps use less bandwidth overall. Is 244K really too much for a modem user when they are no subsequent loads of anything except data? ( I guess only you can decide, depending on your situation ) #3 You're right; I agree. in some situations Flash 9 is going to be hindrance, on others it won't matter. #4: You can create components in Flex. Even with my limited experience, I can't fathom creating a Flex app as a single component. What can't you do in Flex that you would be able to do in Flash? At 12:17 PM 7/10/2006, you wrote: >On 7/9/06, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so in Ajax world, what is the perfered defacto method of formatting > > data to use in Ajax code? Is there one so that any member of my team > > of developers can quickly modify the code? > > From what I've seen, there is no de facto method, but then again, >there's not a downside to that for me either. Depending on what my >functions need to do, I'll return whatever data format fits that best. > 90% of the time I use JSON just because there's no need to parse the >data and it's a relatively small package. > > > > > > One point I'd add is dev speed and app size. For a large app that has > > drag+drop, charting, rich forms, messaging, etc Flex seems to have > > Ajax beat in dev time. Add to this you really don't need to worry > > about browser versions that much. > >I've been playing around with Flex the past couple of days, I've even >purchased Flex Builder to use in an upcoming project. I really do >like it, but I still see some faults. > >#1 - The loading screen. When someone goes to a web page, they don't >want the page to load up just to post another message saying "Loading >xx%" > >#2 - File size. Unless I'm doing something wrong, the file sizes on >just the lesson projects are relatively huge. 125K for the smallest >and 244K for the largest. This cuts out dialup people. My deployment >plans are almost exclusively intranet. > >#3 - Flash Player 9.0 required. Yes, I know, Flash is installed on >97% of all computers. But not Flash 9.0. Also, as with our >organization, we're starting to lock down users' computers even more >so that Flash isn't upgradeable by anyone other than a "power user" or >higher. > >#4 - Components. Flex ships with some really neat components, but >I've already noticed some things that I'd like to have. With >javascript/AJAX, typically someone has already figured out the need >and more than likely it's open sourced. With Flex, I'm probably going >to have to program something with the timeline. Uggh! > >-- >There more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line. >And the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:37/messageid:2970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:37 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
