Gordon, Can you tell us the ETA of the next flash player (I'm guessing this estimate would be +/- a year) or when you would be able to tell us more about future features? I'm lobbying for my next project to be adding a large amount of text support to our current app, but it might not be a good idea to reinvent the wheel if Adobe's going to do it for me. I obviously understand if you've already given out all the info you can.
As far as RTL goes: I'll admit this is largely speculation, but from what I've seen and been told about Buzzword, i think the people at Virtual Ubiquity could do it well in about a month. But this building on top of the infrastructure that they've been developing for a year. And they're veteran flash programmers. And they seem to have, at minimum, something like an unofficial partnership with Adobe so it's possible that they know more about the flash player than most developers. So my belief is that it is 100% doable, but it's going to take more time/knowledge/resources/skill than 99% of flash/flex developers have. Dan Freiman nondocs <http://nondocs.blogspot.com> On 5/24/07, Michael Labriola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Agreed. I just didn't want Borna to believe there are viable work arounds that could be used 'off the shelf'. The 80% is still a massive undertaking. --- In [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com>, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sure it isn't 100% solvable otherwise we wouldn't spend time trying > to get the player to support it. But maybe 80% is enough for Borna. I > could be wrong, but I thought there were some apps deployed in RTL > countries where 80% was good enough. > > > > Here's hoping it makes player 10 or 11. > > > > -Alex > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected]<flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Michael Labriola > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:32 PM > To: [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcomponents] Re: Introduction > > > > Alex and Gordon, > > With respect. There are no workarounds. It is possible to solve 80- > 85% of the issue; however, our team has put several person-years into > the problem by now and I can ensure you it is not 100% solvable. > > Second, considering a 1/3 of the worlds population currently uses a > language structure that can not be supported by the current flash > player, I hope it is much more than a serious consideration. > > Mike > > --- In [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> > wrote: > > > > There are workarounds out there, and hopefully others on this list > will > > point you to them. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected]<flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected]<flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:16 PM > > To: [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: RE: [flexcomponents] Introduction > > > > > > > > Welcome to the group! > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, Flex doesn't have better text-handling capabilities > than > > the Flash Player provides. But RTL support is being seriously > considered > > for the next major Flash Player release. > > > > > > > > - Gordon > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected]<flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected]<flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of bornaeon > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:05 PM > > To: [email protected] <flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcomponents] Introduction > > > > Hi every body. I'm Borna.... your group new member. > > I'm from Iran. nice to mitt you all...... > > and then, is there any body can help me about RTL direction in > flex? I > > know that flash player (Our lovly platform) does not support RTL, > but > > anyway is there any way that we can direct our texts as RTL? > > > > thanks every body > > I'm waiting for your reply. > > with regards > > > > Borna > > BornAeon@ <mailto:BornAeon% <BornAeon%25>40yahoo.com> > > >
