I suspect that Spark being ugly was a part of Adobe's business strategy to push Flash Catalyst. Just a hunch though.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 1:45 AM, Alain Ekambi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 components are no longer updated, so if you run into a bug you'll 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/> > -- Jake Knerr - Flex Developer Ardisia Labs www.ardisialabs.com
