On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:16 PM, DavidM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello fellow Flex users, I have a few questions about the state of Flex and > Flash browser plugins. > > Background: > > We have a flex application in production since 2011 - running perfectly > fine, without any problems. > It is a desktop trading application, and is never used on mobile or tablet > platforms. > It requires a DataGrid with both fixed headers and columns. > It is used by Fortune 100 customers, a significant number of whom seem to > still be using IE8. > > So, over the past 3 years we've looked at migrating off Flex, to various > platforms, such as the ZK framework, Webix, jQuery, etc. > > However, these frameworks all either look terrible in comparison to Flex, > and/or have significant cross-browser problems (especially with IE 8). > > HTML5 frameworks are clearly out of the question for us unless we want to > spend forever messing around with browser shims, etc. > > So, I'm thinking we should just continue with Flex, and add new > functionality to the existing applications. > > My questions are these: > > 1) Are folks seeing any situations where corporations are disabling Flash > plugins (e.g. out of concern for security issues) ? >
I have not heard anything about this. In contrast, with Chrome and IE have started supporting Flash Players natively [1] [2] This makes it easier for them to apply security updates very quickly. > > 2) We have read that certain browsers (e.g. IE 10) have prevented users > from > upgrading Flash. Is this correct? If so, what is the minimal recommended > Flash Player version (our last release targeted 11.3) ? > Again, I have not heard about this. > > 3) Adobe Flash Builder, using the current SDK version 4.13, doesn't seem to > allow targeting players below 14.0. What would be the recommended player > version such that our application would work in the event that users cannot > upgrade their players in IE 10 (or other browsers). > You can select a Flash Player version all the way back to 10.2 [3] > > 4) What would be the recommended SDK version in relation to question 3 > above? > Selecting the latest version (4.13.0 at the time of writing this email) would be best. > > 5) Are we insane to be thinking about building a new application in Flex > today? > No you are not. Apache Flex is still one of the best solutions out there for cross-browser, cross-platform app development. It doesn't look like Apache Flex is going away anytime soon. Thanks, Om > > [1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/108086?hl=en [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn268945.aspx [3] http://snag.gy/E3koO.jpg > > > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/State-of-Flex-tp8616.html > Sent from the Apache Flex Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
