I hope Google does understand that one of the bigest part of the mobile developers at the moment is actually if not pure Flex coders, then at least Flex is one of their preferables. Thus which Google doin with dismissing Flash as supported platform into their google map after 3 years is nothing more but a bad considered step. How will be preserved the trust on thoose developers after ? How you will start introduceing new platforms and services, when you just killed the TRUST if not with the whole, then at least with the majority of developers ? We all liked the idea of one big provider of API for the developers, we even hoped for a furthure development on more than just JS and Flash platforms. Thus which we are seen right now is continuosly cutting the project randomly, and the pitty part is that this project at the moment vere a significant for alot of peoples.
I hope that google will reconsider this step and not only give further life of this project, but actually took the advantage of it and boost it ahead of JS, because Flash possibilities is endless, the quality of the result is amazing, it is truly what the real developers need of. On Sep 13, 8:56 am, matbury <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, an open source API would be transparent, easy to use and > developed much faster. > > There are a lot of map web services out there, Yahoo!, Bing, MapQuest, > etc. They sell their data to organisations and they need developers to > create the apps that the organisations want. There are just too many > situations where JS is going to be too heavy, for example for > relatively sophisticated apps on mobile devices or when you want to > incorporate 3D and/or games. In these situations JS will grind to a > halt on all but the fastest computers. Flash Player and Native desktop > apps using the Flash API can do it better, lighter, faster and more > consistently between different platforms and browsers. > > Seriously, the more you look at this decision, the more it looks like > Larry Page is doing it for political reasons. A personal prejudice > against Flash (I've met a lot of developers who spread FUD about it), > or just trying to impress shareholders/stakeholders by having a big > clearout of less than megaprofitable projects on the payroll. They're > looking at the bottom line when they should be doing what got them to > where they are in the first place - looking ahead. > > Just my €0.02! > > On Sep 12, 8:13 pm, randhawp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Abandoning Flex/Flash domain is probably not correct because many enterprise > > projects in the RIA domain are using Adobe. HTML5 is a far cry , and > > MS silverlight is dead. We are a small company and our product is based on > > google maps flex. Since it is not AIR, getting java scripts maps within the > > application is clumsy, besides we have done quite a few sophisticated > > dashboard stuff with it that is going to take ages to figure out how to do > > in JS. Google please reconsider before killing this - Adobe dev tools are > > very good, and by just supporting the JS version of the maps you are cutting > > of a large section of the developer community. With adobe air tools fast > > maturing on mobile devices, you should not walk away from the platform. > > Please support enterprise developers. > > > I hope my voice is heard. > > > Thanks > > > Puneet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en.
