At Emitrom we have several HTML5 based solutiions but Flash4j is still by faar the most profitable one. So for us the future still looks bright for Flash/Flex and we dont see that changing anytime soon.
Like @Hans J Nuecke said Use the best tool for the Job 2013/2/28 stephen at stephenjc <step...@stephenjc.com> > I cannot wrap my head around the js/dom model. That's why we use flex for > our cross platform development. It just works. > On Feb 28, 2013 9:22 AM, "Oliver Wiemer" <o.wie...@audiovisuellemedien.de> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > we all love Flex. > > The best code language ever. > > All i can code in flex, i do that. > > And for enterprise application thats always the best. > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 28.02.13 15:15 schrieb "Scott Matheson" unter > > <smathe...@intralinks.com>: > > > > >Hi > > > I am only a user of flex, I have spent 3 years of my time building a > app > > >for a charity, and we have 5-10 year life in the product, what I know, > > >flex works, it is simple, it works, the good chaps on this list are > > >investing a lot of there time to give flex a future, yes HTML/CSS/JS is > > >the elephant in the room, if / when we have quality cross-compiling we > > >will look back and think adobe giving flex to Apache was the best move > > >ever > > > > > >We just need to give this project time > > > > > >Anyway that¹s my 2cents > > > > > >Scott > > > > > > > > >On 2/28/13 8:52 AM, "Harbs" <gavha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >>Huh? > > >> > > >>You can compile MXML to AIR today. Who said anything about not > supporting > > >>that? > > >> > > >>If you are talking about the Falcon Compiler (which is not required for > > >>compiling to AIR), the work for MXML compilation is currently being > > >>finished by Gordon Smith. That's near-term support. The HTML /JS > support > > >>is a longer term goal. I've never seen any indication to cause your > > >>concerns. > > >> > > >>Harbs > > >> > > >>On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Terry Corbet wrote: > > >> > > >>> Why is it that you fail to see that each time you advertize your rush > > >>>to cross-compiling MXML to HTML/CSS/Javascript and never provide > status > > >>>concerning the compilation of MXML to run in the AIR environment you > are > > >>>causing the very anxiety that we all deal with? You know that your > > >>>employer is going to stop shipping the old compiler in favor of the > new > > >>>compiler. You know that the Gaming Guru will not let any resource be > > >>>devoted to having the new compiler successfully compile Flex, i.e. > Spark > > >>>Components. So, exactly where are we supposed to feel confident that > > >>>the Apache Flex project will let us maintain 'parity' [your favoirite > > >>>word] in regards to compiling our AIR MXML applications with the new > > >>>compiler? I have every reason to believe that you will achieve your > > >>>objective, which is to have the Falcon work let you cross-compile to > the > > >>>environment that you believe has future possibilities, and, as long as > > >>>one person is on loan one day per week, to get MXML compilation > working, > > >>>not much reason whatsoever to believe that on-going developoment of > AIR > > >>>applictions has a future. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> > > >>> To: <users@flex.apache.org>; <flex-us...@incubator.apache.org> > > >>> Sent: February 27, 2013 10:05 PM > > >>> Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 2/27/13 9:48 PM, "Devesh Mishra" <devesh.mis...@mastek.com> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> > > >>>> Is there any future of Flex technology, as we can see that there are > > >>>>no big > > >>>> improvements are coming in Flex. According to today's scenario, Flex > > >>>>is only > > >>>> for desktop application and we are entering into mobile technology. > So > > >>>>it's a > > >>>> bit difficult to understand the future existence of Flex. > > >>>> > > >>>> If we talk from market point of view, everyone is moving towards > > >>>> HTML5/Android/Ios, after Adobe declaration for no support in > > >>>>Flash/Flex. > > >>> Adobe did not say "no support". Adobe is still supporting Flash, and > > >>>you > > >>> can still purchase Flex support contracts from Adobe. Adobe donated > > >>>Flex to > > >>> Apache so it can continue to be developed in the open. Adobe > continues > > >>>to > > >>> make releases of Flash. > > >>> > > >>> Still, lots of people are moving to HTML5/Android/IOS, and so is > Apache > > >>> Flex. If you monitor the d...@flex.apache.org mailing list you will > > see > > >>>that > > >>> we are hard at work on trying to cross-compile MXML and ActionScript > to > > >>> HTML/JS/CSS which can then be run through PhoneGap/Cordova to create > > >>>mobile > > >>> apps. It is still in its infancy and we have lots of work ahead, but > > >>>we are > > >>> making progress. > > >>> > > >>> See [1] for more on one approach we are taking. > > >>> > > >>> [1] > > >>> > > >>> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Alex%27s+FlexJS+Prototy > > >>>p > > >>>e > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Alex Harui > > >>> Flex SDK Team > > >>> Adobe Systems, Inc. > > >>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ----- > > >>> No virus found in this message. > > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > >>> Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6135 - Release Date: > > >>>02/26/13 > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > > > >Disclaimer: This electronic mail and any attachments are confidential > and > > >may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify > > >the sender immediately by replying to this email, and destroy all copies > > >of this email and any attachments. 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