My point is pretty simple. I dont get it.
I dont know if I was intended to. If so, then further explanation is required. Regards Hank On 12/6/05, Johan Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Hank, > > I have no involvement in neither of these two projects. I just think > they're really cool :) > > I agree with you in that the email may not have been the most > descriptive and is giving you the uninitiated reader or someone who've > never heard of AFLAX or javaflash before, too "geeky" installation > details in one go. > > I just don't agree with the following sentence and nothing else: > > >..and there is no explanation of what your demo does, > >and no link to anything running. > > The part about no link to anything running got me going and hence my > email showing you the links to the AFLAX demo stuff. > > I thought the link below with the demo of AFLAX/javaflash integration > was quite clear: > > >The demo is on the trunk in > >http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/svn/wonder/trunk/javaflash/src/java/sjtu/dctc/wonder/javaflash/demo/AflaxDemo.java > > Granted, I agree that the latter assumes you know about these projects. > > Sorry, if I came across as being rude, that was not my intention. > > I hope we're sort of "agreeing to dis-agreeing" here ;-) > > Best regards, > > /Johan > > On 12/6/05, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/6/05, Johan Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't totally agree Hank. > > > > > > > I am not sure what you could possibly disagree with in my statement. > > Do you disagree that one should describe what they are doing and > > provide example links in the email??? > > > > > I just took a look, with great interest I might add, on this page and > > > I'm impressed by this effort. They've made it clear this is early > > > alpha too. > > > > > > > Early alpha or beta, or pre operational is irrelevant to whether you > > can construct a clear email. > > > > There may be a number of people who are involved in what he is doing > > and "get it" without any explanation. Maybe I am not smart enough but > > with the info he provided in that email, I am not among them. > > > > I dont see any basis for disagreement unless you are just saying that > > there is really plenty of info there and demos and feature > > descriptions are unnecessary. > > > > > Check out this page and see for yourself: > > > > > > http://www.aflax.org/#demos > > > > > > > the aflax page is interesting, but his email was about **** > > JAVAFLASH***, and all of my questions are about that. > > > > > Click on any of the examples and view the source! > > > > > > This are the steps: > > > > > > 1) Add a flash bootstrap > > > 2) Code some Javascript > > > 3) Voila your swf is done! Without using the IDE or anything else. > > > > > > > Again... the email is about javaflash. > > > > > > Regards > > Hank > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > /Johan > > > > > > On 12/6/05, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Steven, > > > > > > > > Your email suggests a bunch of concepts that are totally unclear to > > > > me, eg javaflash, and there is no explanation of what your demo does, > > > > and no link to anything running. > > > > > > > > FWIW if you want to demo something, the best way is a simple link to > > > > the running thing or something that *shows* what your thing does. If > > > > this is not possible because the thing you are doing is too low level > > > > (like a sorting algorithm or something) then you should provide a > > > > simple clear explanation of what it is that your thing does. All your > > > > email provides is a complex description of some internals only > > > > relevant to someone who is already familiar with your project, and a > > > > description of some incredibly geeky installation instructions. > > > > > > > > Perhaps your goal was only to speak to a few people who you already > > > > know or who already know your work, but in that case it doesnt seem > > > > like using the general mailing list would be appropriate. > > > > > > > > In any case, I presume that you would like people to check out your > > > > stuff, and if you do, a demo link and some clear description of what > > > > it does and the benefits would be great. > > > > > > > > By the way I did also click on the javaflash wiki link where I also > > > > couldnt find any example links, and I was unclear as to whether you > > > > have just implemented a java container for the flash plugin, or you > > > > are claiming to have re-implemented flash. You talk about supporting > > > > all the features of flash 8 which isnt relevant if you have just > > > > implemented a container since the feature set is defined by the flash > > > > player. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Hank > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/6/05, Steven Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I have just made an interesting Aflax Javaflash integration demo. > > > > > Thanks to > > > > > the power of Rhino, I didn't do any extra work to enable this. :-) > > > > > The demo is on the trunk in > > > > > http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/svn/wonder/trunk/javaflash/src/java/sjtu/dctc/wonder/javaflash/demo/AflaxDemo.java > > > > > > > > > > Some modifications to Aflax are needed to in order to make it work in > > > > > Javaflash: > > > > > > > > > > Firstly, the original Aflax library 0.33 uses 'callback' parameter in > > > > > url to > > > > > decide the callback but it does not work locally, so we sticked the > > > > > callback > > > > > to 'main'. This needs to modify aflax.as and we have provided a > > > > > modified > > > > > version of swf in > > > > > http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/svn/wonder/trunk/javaflash/misc/Aflax-JF.swf > > > > > and the diff of as in > > > > > http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/svn/wonder/trunk/javaflash/misc/aflax.as.diff > > > > > > > > > > Secondly, you need to modify the callback name in examples to 'main' > > > > > which > > > > > in some cases was 'go'. > > > > > > > > > > Finally, you need to copy aflax.js into $JAVAFLASH_HOME/misc > > > > > The main class needs one parameter for the location of your js file. > > > > > For > > > > > example, the example 'drawing2' of Aflax has a js file 'drawing2.js'. > > > > > You > > > > > need to copy the drawing2.js somewhere, modify it and set up the > > > > > location of > > > > > it to the parameter. > > > > > > > > > > You are done here. But that will be more. You can add Java calls to > > > > > JS now. > > > > > Enjoy! ;-) > > > > > > > > > > NOTICE: Examples that use extra js libs and HTML DOM methods are not > > > > > supported in Javaflash and those examples may not work properly. If > > > > > you want > > > > > to run the video example, you need to copy the flv file to a location > > > > > and > > > > > modify the path in JS to be relative to the location of Aflax-JF.swf. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > Steven Gong > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > osflash mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > osflash mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > osflash mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
