touche On Nov 12, 2007 3:40 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I want you to be excited about what you saw here, keep in mind > that user conference presentations about the future are the personal ads of > the technology industry. Until the time it actually knocks on your door, > you won't know if it gained or lost 20 pounds since the video was made, and > until you've spent some time with it, you won't know if is a good listener > or not. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *dorkie dork from dorktown > *Sent:* Monday, November 12, 2007 11:20 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcomponents]Future of Component development - Flex 4? > > > > well dorkie dork, my thoughts can best be expressed in the made for tv > movie, "portrait of a teenage component set". jk > > I love the new approach and am excited to see it come to fruition. This > would mean possibly smaller component size, exponentially more customizable > skinning and styling and behavior. Design programs like Thermo could write > out the skin, etc. But the thing I like about the current component set is > the ton of properties and methods they thought of using the constructive > approach. I don't have to reinvent the wheel with the api they include. What > I want to know is how do you plan to reconcile the current component > features set with this new approach? > > So we may get stripped down components that are highly customizable > components but what about the features that aren't deemed core to the > component? Will we have to add those in? I suppose you could include > templates, like an "Accordion" template, "Vertical List" template, > "horizontal list" template, etc that includes the current feature set. Or > you could abstracted functionality in a way that we could easily plug it > back. I'm talking about adding in features like accessibility, focus > management, toggle button, etc on a need to include basis. > > On Nov 12, 2007 1:46 AM, dorkie dork from dorktown < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I ran across these videos tonight and all I can say is I'm excited. This > looks to be really amazing stuff. Great work guys! > > If you develop Flex components you should take a look at these videos, > > http://www.onflexwithcf.org/index.cfm/2007/10/19/Flex-Roadmap-presented-by-Ely-Greenfield--Videos > > the main thing that captured my attention was the way the skin and (some > or all? of the behavior) was broken out of the component. thoughts? > > > > >
