It would be pretty hard to get a Flex app down under 100k. The Framework itself is larger than that. You could try framework caching.
But if you really want a small file size, you might have to use Flash. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:10 PM, devenhariyani <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I recently posted a thread on a popular widget platform site to get > developer feedback. Basically, I've created a widget using Flex > technology, and since I cannot get the SWF file size down to a size < > 100KB I'm wondering if Flex was the wrong technology for my project. > I'm not very familiar with Flash, so I don't know how small I could > get the file size for a comparable solution in Flash. Below is the > original thread. > > --------------------------------------- > > I've created a widget using Adobe's Flex technology which has a SWF > file size of approx. 350KB. I've optimized the widget using all the > techniques I could find such as: compiler flags, not embedding assets > into the SWF, dynamic loading of modules, etc. > > Assuming 350KB is the smallest I can get my SWF file, is this still > too big to distribute as a widget? > > Here are two distribution strategies we are looking at: > > 1.) Put the widget on a majority of the pages on our website so when > users come to our website they will see the widget and download it. > This will be great for distribution, but currently, our website gets > a good deal of traffic (Alexa top 10,000 ranking website). And, all > of the pages on our website are around 60-150KB, and there is a lot > of worry that a 350KB widget will weigh down the page too much and > make it very slow when loading. There is also concern that adding an > additional 350KB will greatly impact our bandwidth costs since many > users will hit these pages. > > 2.) Create a "widget gallery" on our website where our users can go > to grab the widget and put it on their MySpace, Facebook, etc. This > will keep the rest of the pages on our website light and fast, but > the distribution of the widget will get severely impacted. > > I want to know what other developers are doing in similar situations. > > Is Flex the wrong technology for creating widgets? What are some avg > size SWF files that other widget developers are creating? If a 150KB > page has an additional 350KB flex widget, is it going to greatly > impact the loading time? > > Thanks in advance for your advice! > >
