Shan,
Not exactly
true…
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flexteam/archives/2006/06/flex_builder_on.cfm
Via the Flex Team
Blog…
June
30, 2006
Flex
Builder on the Mac
There
have been many questions over the last few days as to Adobe's intentions for
releasing Flex Builder on the Mac. As part of our continuing effort at
transparency here is a short list of questions and attempts at answers. Let us
preface this by saying that we have only begun the planning phases of the next
release(s), so many of these answers will be incomplete until we've had some
more time (and sleep).
Q: Is
there going to be a Flex Builder release for the Mac?
A:
Yes
Q: Why
wasn't it released with the Windows version?
A: We began by developing
Flex Builder for both Mac and Windows at the same time. However during
development we ran into a number of issues that were specific to OS X and
needed to be addressed in Eclipse itself. Fixing those issues would have meant
delaying the overall schedule, so we decided to focus on finishing the Windows
release before returning to the Mac in a follow-up. In the meantime the
Eclipse community has been working on Eclipse 3.2 which fixes a number of the
issues we ran into earlier. This makes the likelihood of a timely Mac release
that much better, and we're looking forward to continuing to improve Eclipse
on the Mac.
Q: When
will Flex Builder for the Mac be available?
A: We are still in our planning
phases but we are hoping to have a public beta on Labs this year and the
production release early next year. One can imagine a particular event in
October where we'd be thrilled if we could launch the beta, but we simply
don't know our timelines yet. We can say that a whole lot of Flex Builder
engineers just received shiny new toys to help in this pursuit, while Product
Management received nothing. Not that Product Management is
jealous.
Q: If I
buy Flex Builder for Windows can I transfer that license to the Mac when it
comes out?
A: Honestly we're not sure yet, we still need to figure this
out. We'll need another few weeks to answer this, hopefully before the trial
expires.
Q: Will
Flex Builder for Mac run on PPC, Intel, or both?
A: We're very excited
about the new Intel-based Macs (at least the engineers who received them are,
PM is still not jealous) and at minimum we will be supporting that platform.
We'd be interested in getting your feedback on the importance of supporting
PPC given how quickly the Intel is getting adopted. Feel free to leave
feedback here.
Q: What
about Flash Player 9 on the Intel for Mac?
A: You can grab a beta version
of that Player here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/public_beta
Q: What
do I do in the meantime if I have a Mac?
A: Download and use the free SDK.
A number of developers have come up with workflows for building Flex
applications using the Mac; we'll try to put together a more comprehensive
list of them in the next few days.
Just keep in mind
that Adobe has not announced any plans to release a Mac version. They did
remark that if they do release a Mac version (and we all assume they will), it
won't be until the next major revision of Flex Builder. (Does that mean Flex
Builder 3? If so, that's 16+ months away!)
Shan
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 9:45
PM
To: flexcoders
Subject: [flexcoders] Compiling
Flex--thank you!
Hi,
I would like to
thank everybody who has offered me help`-`
I can't figure out how to
compile flex applications using eclipse (or any IDE) on the Mac, and have
given up on it. It worked fine in beta 3, but the final release does not work
for me!
I guess I will have to wait for flex builder to come to the
mac, as I heard that is being worked on.
If anybody has a detailed
solution and would like to help, please contact me at school:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks very much for all those
who have helped`-`
John
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