You bring up valid concerns, all of which I have had to deal with because in 2.5 weeks my company is releasing our new website which is entirely a Flex app! We have had to come up with a number of workarounds and hacks. Some of which have been very painful. However, anyone who has moved from the jsp / Struts / whatever world, to the Flex world probably agrees with me that it is so very worth it! Despite the issues you raise, and the others I have dealt with, I would still much, much, much rather build a Flex app than the traditional Struts app. I could go on for pages about all the benefits of Flex and how they far outweigh it's problems, but I still have a lot of code to write for my quickly approaching deadline. :) Maybe in April I will have some time to write an article about all the real world problems we encountered with Flex and the workarounds we have implemented. Until then, I can only say, yes, it's ready; no it's not perfect but it is well worth it despite the problems. :)
-James On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:54 +0000, Shell Bryson wrote: > There are a few things that are really starting to concern me. We've > seen examples of sites that are exposed to the Internet (rather than > Extranet/Intranet based applications). But how do these fair when it > comes to accessibility, browser friendliness, search engines. > > So far I've discovered; search engines ignore Flex apps. The HTML > wrappers Flex uses are invalid, which means they run the gauntlet of > quirks mode rendering in most browsers; buggy FireFox flash player means > that Flex movies don't repaint properly on many machines; there seems to > be little provision for accessibility - how are Flex apps presented when > Flash ISN'T available? None of the examples I've seen anywhere "fail > gracefully". Flex seems to require JS, even though all it's using it for > is an IE workaround that's not even required any more. What happens if > you don't have JS turned on? Blank window... > > Is Flex really ready for the open market yet? > > S. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 March 2005 16:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] UPLOAD > > > There is a workaround somewhere on MM's website, but it only works in > IE. :( I hear Flash 8 will have this feature, but until then I use a > hidden iframe at the bottom of the screen which raises up when the user > clicks an upload button in Flex. This iframe is just a plain html / jsp > file. It looks similar to the IE information bar. After upload the > user can click a close button which lower (changes height to 0). > > Hope that helps. > > -James > > > On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 17:10 +0100, daniele | mentegrafica wrote: > > As I read, > > Flex doesn't support files upload to the server, > > even using a Central App.... > > > > I think this is another weak point. > > > > Is there any solution out there to solve the problem ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > dott. daniele galiffa > > multimedia designer & developer > > Macromedia Flash MX Developer Certified > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >
