Yes you bring up an important point - namely there are public websites and
services that also do cool things, that need to focus on standards
compliance and SEO and everything. These over time will become a best fit
for HTML5 if they aren't already. Flex isn't great for SEO.
Then there are applications, that are simply programs which happen to use
the browser as a delivery mechanism, where generally the entity writing the
application also controls the browser or computer being used to use the
application. Sometimes they are called enterprise applications but I
don't think this categorisation is true in all cases. They are really a
different kettle of fish and more often a good fit to Flex.
John
2011/11/18 Angelo Anolin angelo_ano...@yahoo.com
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95% of organizations and businesses bottom line is to be able to deliver
projects and applications with the least amount of time and budget.
We are able to deliver software faster, better and more responsive using
Flex/Flash technology running on the web than any other implementation out
there.
I think Adobe forgot to mention that enterprise grade applications are far
different from fancy web sites powered by HTML5, CSS, JS, etc..
Bottom line is if you are able to deliver software better, and you have
very satisfied users, use that technology.
Just read this post and somehow rings true..
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/
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*From:* Tomislav i...@svemir.net
*To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:08:58 AM
*Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Why Flex now?
That statement is updated today. Checkout the same link:
http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Rick Schmitty flexcode@... wrote:
I've been a Flex developer since it's first beta however many years ago.
Today I just saw this response from Adobe:
http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html
*Does Adobe recommend we use Flex or HTML5 for our enterprise application
development?
*In the long-term, *we believe HTML5 will be the best technology for
enterprise application development*. We also know that, currently, Flex
has clear benefits for large-scale client projects typically associated
with desktop application profiles.
Given our experiences innovating on Flex, we are extremely well
positioned
to positively contribute to the advancement of HTML5 development,
starting
with mobile applications. In fact, *many of the engineers and product
managers who worked on Flex SDK will be moving to work on our HTML
efforts
*. We will continue making significant contributions to open web
technologies like WebKit jQuery, advance the development of PhoneGap
and
create new tools that solve the challenges developers face when
building
applications with HTML5.
Emphasis mine. If anyone has followed any game or application development
where 'many members' of the team are switched to the next greatest thing,
that normally means there are few maintenance developers for the existing
product and not much new innovation to it. The company wants its best and
brightest working on its future, not supporting its past.
Combine that with the facts that Adobe bought PhoneGap and released Edge
preview. It's not hard to put all these facts together and see that long
term they want an IDE framework for app development in HTML5. Perhaps
Flex5 will be an HTML5 version of Flex as they start putting together
html5
components
Outside of having to support IE6 why would you choose to start a
project
in Flex today?
