For everyone who was interested in seeing more samples of real Flex applications and the extent to which you can skin up Flex using all the built in features, check out Cynergy TV. The first episode is the Flex Showcase and shows a small handful of apps we have built over the last year with Flex.
http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/davewolf?entry=i_ll_show_you_mine http://www.cynergysystems.tv http://www.cynergytv.com CynergyTV itself is a Flex2 as well. We will be hosting many more episodes including tutorials, panels, and more samples and examples. Cheers, -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "David Mendels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Many screenshots of Flex applications here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/flexapps/ > > Many of them look not at all like the out of the box look of Flex. > > Regards, > David > Adobe > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shannon Hicks > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:27 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex applications look like Fisher-Price toys > > > > 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 > <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/ <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 >
