RE: [flexcoders] The lifespan of flex.

[Gregor Kiddie]

Not quite necro posting... (been on holiday so...)

 

The route back to your client is to show both penetration statistics for
Flash Player 10 versus HTML 5 compliant browsers. The 99% versus ~15% is
a big difference. You might want to point out the ROI of Flex is
drastically higher than HTML ( HTML5 especially as it is new ), the fact
that HTML 5 isn't set to be completely supported for years...

 

The best thing I've seen from friends who have had similar questions, is
when they deliver price estimates for an HTML 5 version versus a Flash
version for something moderately complicated. The differences have been
significant enough for their clients to drop the idea of HTML 5 very
quickly.

 

Gk.

Re: [flexcoders] The lifespan of flex.

[Tom Chiverton]

On Friday 02 Jul 2010 13:15:02 you wrote:
 certain apple mobile devices and the initial implementations of HTML5 which
 is obviously backed by the W3C.  Their concern is that flex won't be a
 supported product 5 years down the line and/or the changes in browser
 technology by that point will render flash obsolete.

Why isn't he concerned that HTML5 has no traction and/or will be replaced by 
HTML6 in 5 years ?
If you look at Adobe's record in this, content for Flash v4 (or whatever) from 
back in the 90s still runs today with no changes. Can't say the same for web 
pages.

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Re: [flexcoders] The lifespan of flex.

[Alex Harui]

Believe me, if you saw how many people and how much money is invested in Flex, 
it would be clear that Adobe is committed.

See the showcase on the adobe site and various testimonials.  There are many 
large companies using Flex.


On 7/2/10 5:15 AM, Wesley Acheson wesley.ache...@gmail.com wrote:






Hi,

One of our clients is expressing concerns over the over all lifespan of flex.

Some of his specific worries are to do with the way flash isn't allowed on 
certain apple mobile devices and the initial implementations of HTML5 which is 
obviously backed by the W3C.  Their concern is that flex won't be a supported 
product 5 years down the line and/or the changes in browser technology by that 
point will render flash obsolete.

Have any studies been done about the long term feasibility of flex?  Are Adobe 
commited to a long term existence of the product? Is there any public evidence 
of large firms using it successfully?

Regards,

Wesley Acheson





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