In my world of enterprise development Flex is still alive and well... Obviously different approaches for mobile development (gaming or non) which are better but as far as the desktop goes Flex is still "the solution of choice" for my needs. Yeah, obviously the lists died and we are never going to see Flash adopted on mobile devices or tablets through the player, but there is still definitely a niche for Flex and native applications developed in it. On Sep 23, 2015 9:41 AM, "Dave Glasser dglas...@pobox.com [flexcoders]" < flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > > > You must live in a different world than I do, because my world did not > "hold its breath for Apple putting the Flash Player in iOS." > > And Flash/Flex-based apps run fine on both iOS and Android, with little or > no changes. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Julian Tenney julian.ten...@nottingham.ac.uk [flexcoders]" < > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > *To:* "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2015 10:30 AM > *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] Re: uploading files in flex using coldfusion > 11 > > > > Well, there was a time when the world held its breath for Apple putting > the Flash Player in iOS. Is didn’t, and the flash and flex lists died. Just > my experience. > > Now we have browser automagically preventing flash, facebook asking for it > to be removed etc etc. Most people have moved away from it. > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] > *Sent:* 23 September 2015 15:28 > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: uploading files in flex using coldfusion > 11 > > > > That's news to me, that Apple "won the battle of the Flash Player." I have > an iOS Flex app in the Apple App Store. And the Flash player is probably > still installed in about 97% of desktop browsers. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Julian Tenney julian.ten...@nottingham.ac.uk [flexcoders]" < > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > *To:* "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2015 9:33 AM > *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] Re: uploading files in flex using coldfusion > 11 > > > One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen is the speed with which all > the flash and flex developers abandoned the tools once it was clear that > Apple had won the battle of the Flash player. > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > > > > > >