Ontop of all that, FLEX and FLASH Player future changes/requests will dictate each others end release? where is "other" products will always be feeding off the scraps provided (ie what they get is it, thanks for coming).
It would be a different story if Flash Player took on features requested by 3rd party SWF editors etc. On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:29:31 -0500, Kristopher Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As quoted by Darron (third party quote): > > "with something like this out on the market, buying Flex > > or Lazslo would be such a lame decision." > > What!? With what (very) few details are available about Xamlon, I could > maybe see it being a direct competitor to the traditional Flash IDE, but > a competitor to Flex/Lazlo!? > > I suppose if your definition of Flex is "a way to create SWF files > through programming" then maybe a comparison can be made. But if that's > your narrow perception of Flex I think you're missing the point of Flex. > > To me, the REAL purpose of Flex is to enable fast creation of robust, > usable Web applications. This is something that just could not be > accomplished efficiently before Flex. And from the details I've seen, it > doesn't appear that Xamlon will offer any accomodations in regard to Web > applications. In Xamlon, the programmer will still be responsible for > all that ugly low-level, tedious, error-prone work that was required > with Flash...managing loading/unloading/instantiation/destruction of > assets, managing positioning and sizing of GUI, designing event > frameworks, trying to support browser history nav, trying to support > accessibility, etc. > > I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but let's just be careful not to crown > a successor to Flex prematurely. > > Kris > > -- > > Kristopher Schultz > Developer > > Resource Interactive > p: 614.410.2123 > www.resource.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com http://www.flexcoder.com (Coming Soon) 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
