Hi, I think I read somewhere that the framework will cache per domain. Ie if siteX uses the framework and it is cached it is only cached for siteX, not siteY...
I am not sure if that is the case though, as i am using framework caching but my application is not deployed yet and have not tested (plus size is not a problem in my case, as i am building a fully featured flex based social network and the complete swf is less than half a mb including embeded images). Can you check and let us know? Anybody else in the forum? On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM, devenhariyani <[email protected]>wrote: > Tom, thank you for your feedback. yes Javascript is great, but > Myspace, one of the most popular sites that allows widgets doesn't > allow Javascript. This restricts us to Flash or Flex. Flex being the > newer technology it made sense to try flex, especially for our plans > to have more interactive widgets in the future. > > Having said the above, I will admit, that the file size issue of the > SWF is still almost a deal breaker in our company's efforts to use > Flex. However, the info on using Framework caching could have been > the saving grace that allows us to continue using Flex. Here is a > break down of what I've learned from my little widget experiement: > > 1.)Before using Framework caching, or any compiler flags or Release to > Export my widget SWF file had a size of: 577KB! > > 2.) After using compiler flags to optimize and looking at the link > report (which had no big problems), the SWF file size went down to: > 361KB...not bad, but still not small enough. > (btw, the compiler flags I used are: -locale en_US -link-report > matrixLinkReport -optimize=true -debug=false -strict=true) > > 3.) After using framework caching the SWF file size went down to: > 121KB! This was a huge win! However, the caveat is that if the user > has never visited a site that uses the Flex 3 framework, then an > additional 540KB will be downloaded for the framework. > > I assume enough people have Flash player 9.0.115+, so I'm not worried > about users having the ability to support framework caching. But, > does anyone have any metrics whatsoever as to how many users might > have visited a Flex 3 site where they would have downloaded the > framework? Or, does anyone have any idea how many flex 3 > sites/widgets are in existence so I can tell my superiors that there > are XXX million flex 3 sites so this gives us a very good chance that > users have the framework cached???? > > And finally, my application is currently built against the framework: > > framework_3.1.0.2710.swz > framework_3.1.0.2710.swf > > Does Adobe support any backward compatibility for their various > versions of the framework? So, in the future when > framework_3.2.xxx.swz is released...will my application be able to > leverage that? > > --Deven > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Tom > Chiverton <tom.chiver...@...> > wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Manish Jethani wrote: > > > AS3 (without Flex) isn't going to buy you much. If you call your app a > > > "widget" though, I agree Flex is too much for that. The world needs a > > > mini-Flex, a widget development language. > > > > This is called JavaScript :-) > > > > -- > > Tom Chiverton > > Helping to evangelistically orchestrate market-driven front-end > granular > > infomediaries > > > > **************************************************** > > > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in > England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered > office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, > Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at > the registered office together with a list of those non members who > are referred to as partners. We use the word ?partner? to refer to a > member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent > standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation > Authority. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above > and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the > addressee you must not read it and must not use any information > contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells > LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have > received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells > LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. > > > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [email protected],
