Have you considered XUL?
I'm building a prototype system currently using XUL and a Mozilla extension. Powerful stuff! Very well done architecture under the covers of Mozilla.
Erik
On Oct 13, 2004, at 6:35 PM, Thomas Hicks wrote:
I can't speak for others but I'm just investigating some cool ways to build web-based front ends onto the database stuff I normally do. I haven't committed to anything at this point, especially given the high cost and the frugal nature of the company I work with.
I must say however that, having developed a couple of Java-based GUIs in the past, Java was tedious and time-consuming compared to this system. But, that may be unfair since I haven't gotten that far into Flex yet. ��������-tom
At 03:15 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
To those investigating Flex,
I'm curious as to the reason(s) your business analyst gave you for dumping Java clients in favor of Flash.
The two I hear the most are, "Most PC's don't have a workable JRE and the JRE is to time expensive (10+ MB on a dial-up)", and "Cool effects such as motion graphics and tweening have be programmed by hand in Java, as opposed to being built in to Flash".
I'm trying to get a feeling for which way the wind is blowing and how hard.
Ray
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> For Timo (and anyone else investigating Flex), > > I recently bought a copy of the first Flex book > I've seen in print: > > Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex > by Steven Webster and Alistair McLeod. > > I've only read a couple of chapters but it looks > good so far. > ������-tom > > > ServerSide newsthread: > http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=25418 > > ServerSide article: > http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=Flex > > Direct download link to Chapter 20: > http://www.theserverside.com/articles/content/Flex/Flex_Chapter20.pdf > > Link to the authors' consulting firm, which has > other interesting > links to rich client development sites: > http://www.iterationtwo.com/index.html > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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