Exactly what I think. Spark compiments are simply ugly. And by the time you skin them you end up having something similar to MX anyway. Never been a fan of the spark components.
On 14 August 2015 at 09:08, Peter Ginneberge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm afraid I disagree. Unless you have proof - other than you just saying > it - I really doubt spark improves response time. > > Here's my take on it.. > > The default spark theme is fugly, so you'll have to come up with your own > skins if you want your app to look somewhat decent. > > Spark in general is much more verbose. You'll have to write quite a bit > more code to get things done (skinning for one). > > If I'm not mistaken, you have to add scrollbars to containers that may > need them. Halo does this automatically. > > Spark has a few components missing compared to Halo, however Halo > components are no longer updated, so if you run into a bug you'll probably > have to fix it yourself. > > Spark does mobile, Halo not so much. > > For AIR and web I still use Halo (MX only). For mobile, use Spark. > > regards, > Peter > > > > On 14/08/2015 7:42, pkumar.flex wrote: > >> It is better & recommended to use spark libraries & component in Flex4 or >> if you are developing app in Flex4 you should use spark component only. >> This will improve the application response time. >> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Trevor Holman-3 [via Apache Flex Users] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> As I’m studying through Flex and using it can I get some opinions on >>> whether it is necessary to continue using the MX libraries. Is it >>> feasible >>> to just use the Spark library or do most still use MX quite a bit? >>> >>> Trevor >>> >>> -- Alain Ekambi Co-Founder Ahomé Innovation Technologies http://www.ahome-it.com/ <http://ahome-it.com/>
