Yeah, That struggle was evident from the transition of MS DOS to Windows...
Application centric internet/desktop IS the future, just depends on the road we take to get there. Peace, Mike On 9/6/07, Tony Alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Randy, > > I second that sentiment! Flex kicks ass! > I am still struggling with the 100% Flex site structure. Will it be too > much out of the gate? Will users get turned off everytime they see a > site using flash/flex, because so many developers are going to use it > when there was no need for it? These are the unknowns. > I think your site is a good example of having a Full Flex solution. > Little site content, lots of data centric needs (eCommerce). > Oh, the struggles of a web application developer. > > Tony > > Randy Cooper wrote: > > > > Brendan, DARN good question!!! > > > > 1) I wanted to build an entire site in Flex. Why? Same reason the guy > > climbed Everest - because it was there. > > 2) I had originally started the project in PHP and AJAX using a > > freebie template I'd found. Between getting bogged down in a mire of > > DIV tags and all kinds of issues setting up the checkout to go to > > authorize.net I finally had to give up on it for a while. (As you > > might guess manure doesn't pay the bills). Once I started with flex I > > was off to the races. > > 3) UI options galore! Without all of the AJAX/DIV/HTML nightmare > > associated with it. (Did I mention all of the IE vs. Firefox issues to > > test and deal with? > > 4) C'mon man! Flex is freaking cool! > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders% <flexcoders%25>40yahoogroups.com>, "Brendan > Meutzner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Curious why you chose Flex for this site...? > > > > > > Brendan > > > > > > > > > > -- Teoti Graphix http://www.teotigraphix.com Blog - Flex2Components http://www.flex2components.com You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
