Dave, I have no personal preferences for either Flex or DHTML. And I am lucky to be in a situation where I have hands on experience with both. Like I said before, I think the best solution is a combination of Flex and DHTML. Flex just isn't there on performance level yet. I think you really should think in ways of combining them both.
After people here said, that it ran fine with them I wondered if they expanded the preferences section. Did that run well? I've checked with multiple systems if I was wrong, and they all showed up hogging the CPU to 100% while expanding. Does expanding preferences really go smooth? Regarding your negativity statements; I am open things and at least have the balls to talk about things not working correctly, people have opinions. On a list full of Macromedia "zealots" they might feel it is offensive to talk too honestly about their favorite product or company in such a way, but those who have criticism about products should be able to talk about it openly. If I am wrong about things I have no problem acknowledging that. If you think I am wrong, please discuss it with arguments. With the Flex comment I just expressed my concerns regarding performance, when doing more than reading RSS feeds. And I believe, watching at other reactions on Flex for RIA development from real software architects, that it is a real concern. Flickr btw switched to DHTML a long time ago, and besided runtime image modifications I didn't see the real use for Flash there either. Don't use Flash because it is Flash, use it because it might solve a problem for you. Micha Schopman Project Manager Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 AL Amersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modern Media, Making You Interact Smarter. Onze oplossingen verbeteren de interactie met uw doelgroep. Wilt u meer omzet, lagere kosten of een beter service niveau? Voor meer informatie zie www.modernmedia.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: woensdag 3 augustus 2005 3:45 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: fyi : Nice MXNA app built with CFForms Come on micha tell us how dhtml would do it so much better ;) Also, last time i checked cfform was coldfusion and not flex, while yes it uses a SMALL flex engine it's exactly that a small flex engine and i certainly wouldn't say that example is an equal comparable item to a real flex one. " Expanding and collapsing brings my dual core system on its knees" What are you running? Barbies Malibu pc? Runs fine on my mac just fine. I maybe negitive towards m$ but damn do you look at the bright side of......., well anything at all? You remind me of my dad, "mr. negitivity". " For small widgets" you mean like kodaks photoshare or flickr, yes very small indeed. ~Dave the disruptor~ "A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation." Micha Schopman Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=m:4:41450:213379 Mike, They have delivered a wonderful piece of work, but I must say that this real world example shows again, why Flex is not mature yet for full blown applications in the browser. Expanding and collapsing brings my dual core system on its knees, not to mention resizing the window resulting in the exact same effect. Scrolling the grid with the handle on a 3Ghz CPU has the exact same effect. Either way, they did a great job and I applaud what they did, but it doesn't position Flex in my eyes as THE tool for building truly Rich Internet Applications, ... not yet. For small widgets, are as GUI enhancements it is ready though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213574 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
