great proposal!! I am very new to Adobe Scout or other benchmark tools, so I wish we could get some help, any help from people who have more experience on this kind of tool and test methodology.
Runtime performance improvement is always worth a blog, I guess! ^-^ Ram Lee 在 2013-8-23，14:13，OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> 写道： > On Aug 22, 2013 10:21 PM, "DarkStone" <darkst...@163.com> wrote: >> >> Can anyone help spreading the good news? >> >> I think we need Apache's official support to publish the news, indicating > that Flex 4.10 + AIR 3.8 running very smooth on iOS and Mac devices when > renderMode is set to direct. >> >> This is very important for the rise of the Flex. >> >> Can someone from the inside verify it and take it seriously, please~~~ > > We can probably do a blog post about it. But we need some solid > benchmarks that compares prior versions to current versions. Is that > something you can help build and publish? > > Thanks for all your help! > Om > >> >> >> DarkStone >> 2013-08-23 >> 在 2013-08-22 16:37:22，"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> 写道： >>> Good to know that, I will try Adobe Scout sometime, I think your data is > awesome! >>> >>> Ram Lee >>> >>> 在 2013-8-22，14:58，DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> 写道： >>> >>>> Hi Ram, >>>> >>>> You're welcome. >>>> >>>> If you want precise performance benchmark, you can use Adobe Scout. >>>> >>>> A friend of mine said, by using Scout, a Flex mobile application which > has a Spark List of 500 itemRenderers on it, running on the iPod touch 5, > madly swiping finger across the itemRenderers, Scout reported this: >>>> >>>> If set Flex Application' framerate to 24, the runtime testing result > is 24, no dropping frames! >>>> >>>> If set framerate to 60, the result is 48-55 frames per second, which > is already a big deal! >>>> >>>> You can do your own test using Adobe Scout, good luck. >>>> >>>> >>>> DarkStone >>>> 2013-08-22 >>>> At 2013-08-22 14:09:48,"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Thanks a lot for the notes and good to know that! >>>>> >>>>> I did try the direct renderMode on my retina Macbook and feel the > performance improvement! >>>>> >>>>> And I was wondering if there are some good performance test tools to > make this improvement more qualified? because what I do now is just > resizing the app window to see if it renders the diplay object faster and > smoother. >>>>> >>>>> Again, thanks a lot for the NEWS! >>>>> >>>>> Ram Lee >>>>> >>>>> 在 2013-8-22，13:28，DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> 写道： >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Ram, >>>>>> >>>>>> The major performance improvement is done by AIR 3.8 (not earlier > AIR versions), and the reason why Adobe didn't mention this is because they > always have the lousy PR (Public Relations), which hide the good news and > spread the bad news, they should fire their PR managers immediately. >>>>>> >>>>>> At the same time, Flex 4.10 fixed a lot of bugs, which improves the > framework perfomance as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> So with Flex 4.10 and AIR 3.8, you can really build mobile apps with > it, and running smooth on iPhone & iPad & Mac & PC. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now, we can proudly say that Flex has become the best crossplatform > application development & deployment solution on earth! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> DarkStone >>>>>> 2013-08-22 >>>>>> At 2013-08-22 13:10:38,"Ram Lee" <ranbolee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Is this from AIR 3.8 or earlier versions? just searched the > internet, wonder why Adobe didn't mention such performance boost on the > Apple devices? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 李楠 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 在 2013-8-22，12:23，Joel Tan <joel...@cype.com.my> 写道： >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes, I can feel the performance improvement as well on Flex mobile > app! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2013, at 7:20 PM, DarkStone <darkst...@163.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It surprised me when I try to recompile my old Flex 4 projects > with Flex 4.10 & AIR 3.8 SDKs, and deploy them to iPhone & iPad & MacBook, > they runnning incrediblely smooth, like 2 to 3 times faster than before, > nealy native app performance! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The trick is you need to set <renderMode>direct</renderMode> in > the -app.xml file, this will boost performance on iOS and Mac OS, so > everybody just keep in mind of this. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Now that the performance issue of Flex has been greatly improved > on mobile devices, I'm very excited, finding that Apache Flex has a great > future! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Flex is an awesome framework, which has great development > efficiency, I think it's time to let the world know that Flex is still > kicking and it is the best solution for application (not game) development > and deployment across all platforms. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So we should really working on the official Flex Showcase, more > video demos of Flex Mobile Apps on iPhone & iPad will be great! I'm > planning to submit my own demo to the showcase when I got the time. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've already wrote a decent blog post to spread the good news to > the Chinese Flex Developers, here is the link: >>>>>>>>> http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6f56a2bf0101dm98.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Many thanks to the Apache Flex Community, I love Flex, and we > shall attract more and more people to the Flex community! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> DarkStone >>>>>>>>> 2013-08-21 >>
