Another issue to look at when considering Laszlo is internationalization of your product. Laszlo beta 3 does implement some localizable controls but not completely, such as the button control. Where as Flex has had a lot of foresight with their components for localizing, such as there calendar, formatting and validation controls.
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:46:49 -0700, Tarik Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well and then there's the Microsoft XAML initiative too. And as for an IDE, > IBM has built one for Laszlo > > http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/ide4laszlo > > The main thing for me is, and why I think Flex will be successful: > > 1) Community/Support. I'm very appreciative of the Flex community. All the > folks from Macromedia, i2, Jesse, Manish, Dirk, Brandon, etc... If I have to > spend all my time hacking away at things till I eventually figure it out, it > will kill my productivity. Lots of Blogs going on, sites like www.CFlex.net > and www.FlexAuthority.com, etc... It's all good stuff! > > 2) The Flash player wins in the penetration dept. There is already a massive > collection of knowledge regarding ActionScript, and Flash out there. This > means there are skills from non Flex developers that can be leveraged > immediately. > > 3) Because of #2, using technology from the same company is an obvious > benefit. The needs of Flex developers I hope will influence the future > direction of the Flash player. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Andy Goodfellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Laszlo Systems, Inc. > > > I'm really interested in people's thoughts here. > > So far I have done a bunch of things using Flex and it's been really > easy and quick for Rapid Prototyping, etc. I think that's mostly > thanks to Flex Builder though. Lazlo doesn't have an equivalent to > Flex Builder which I think is a huge draw back to it's adoption. > However Flex's pricing and license model is a giant drawback as well. > > From what I have seen it's seems that Lazlo will be eaisier to > "customize" the UI elements, although admittedly I haven't ventured > that far into custom UI with Flex beyond CSS. > > Other thoughts? > > -Andy > > > On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:06:43 +0100, Michel Jansen > wrote: > > Is this the OpenSource replacement for Flex?? > > > > http://www.laszlosystems.com/ > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
