To be honest with a widget that simple, if you're worried about size just build it in ActionScript.
-Josh On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:36 PM, devenhariyani <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the advice so far. If I follow the advice not to use the > <Application> tag, *and* if I also remove all the MXML and re-write > the app to use only ActionScript do you think I can get the size down > to under 200KB? I think Flex is a great technology, but if its not > the right tool for the job I will sadly have to go to Flash. > > Here's a description: > My widget is not very complicated, it basically does an HttpService > request to pull some data, then it puts that data into an > ArrayCollection. Then there is a timer object that fires every > second, and when the timer fires it takes one element from the array > collection, creates a Label and moves it across the canvas screen. > > Here's a url for the demo: > > http://pine.experienceproject.com/platform_test/widgets/live_cs_widget > .html<http://pine.experienceproject.com/platform_test/widgets/live_cs_widget.html> > > BR, > deven > > > --- In [email protected], "Josh McDonald" <dzn...@...> wrote: > > > > Depending on what parts of the framework you use, you could > probably cut it > > right down by not using an Application as the "root", and instead > using a > > custom UIComponent that implements IContainer (some methods might > be stubs, > > etc). Container has a *lot* of stuff in it. You should be able to > lookup how > > to do this with google, and (IIRC) there's a lot of comments that > will help > > in the source for ISystemManager and the implementing classes. > > > > -Josh > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Jamie S <jsjph...@...> wrote: > > > > > 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 <devenhariy...@...> > > > 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! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Alternative FAQ location: > > > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469- > 446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847<https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847> > > > Search Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! > Groups > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for > thee." > > > > Like the cut of my jib? 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