Paul, Following up on the link Shannon gave you, for a blow-by-blow on how that design was created see the following two links: http://onreflexion.blogspot.com/2007/01/napkin-skins-stage-one-css-styles-and.html http://onreflexion.blogspot.com/2007/01/napkin-skins-stage-two-programmatic.html
And here is another fun example: http://demo.quietlyscheming.com/displayShelf/index.html with blow-by-blow and source code: http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/2006/11/01/using-the-graphics-api-for-richer-flex-the-displayshelf-component-from-my-max-talk/ And another: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/11/download_distor.cfm Really man, you are only limited by your own imagination and skill :-) Check out the outline of this Adobe official training class: Flex 2: Programming the Visual Experience http://www.adobe.com/support/training/instructor_led_curriculum/program_visual_experience.html If you can find a training center running this class, it will be a great way to come up to speed on how to get total control over design on your Flex 2 apps. btw ... when you ultimately master getting the look that you want in Flex, please do post us back a link to it (and maybe even some comments about how you achieved it :-) Best regards, g On 1/28/07, Shannon Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Flex 2 has unlimited design potential. You are not limited like you think... If a component won't do what you want, you can always re-skin it. Here's an example of a Flex site that looks pretty much nothing like the standard skin: http://www.thebetterside.com/scrawl/ScrawlExample3.html Shan Paul Barbieux wrote: Hi; I'm a developper but also a web designer. And I'm a beginner with Flex... But I am frustrated with the possibilities of design of Flex. All Flex applications I saw have same look: great buttons and input fields, great gap between lines. Every elements are great: these applications look like Fisher-price toys ! (you know ? Toys for children) Yes, the http://www.scalenine.com/ shows beautiful themes. But all components have same size ! A have made a click-model for an application in HTML, and now I must write it with Flex: I loose 1/3 of my page because I can't reduce gab between lines, I can't reduce padding between the label and the border of the buttons, ... (oh yes I can reduce all elements: but labels and texts become trucanted !) - Does a solution exist? - Can someone show me a Flex site where there is a real work of design? - Can I expect improvements with Flex 3.0 ? Thank's
