Well, you still haven't convinced me it isn't kludy, but no bother.... your perspective - my perspective - both different, doesn't matter in the end. :)
Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O and Risk L&LD Solutions Design & Development eTools & Multimedia Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>Of Steven Sacks >>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:05 PM >>To: Flash Coders List >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 MouseEvent target? >> >>Extending DisplayObject to access some of its native >>functionality (e.g. >>event bubbling) seems fine to me, especially if you look at >>it from the perspective of EventDispatcher has events and >>DisplayObject extends EventDispatcher and adds bubbling >>functionality. If you need bubbling, extend the class that >>provides that. >> >>The whole non-visual argument is a bit of a red herring >>considering we're using Flash and, until recently, all >>Actionscript was inside of or attached to a display object >>(MovieClip). Technically, it still is. ;) >> >>Flash is a visual tool, and I maximize my productivity by >>leveraging it fully. Flash has all kinds of great >>Flash-centric features and you can definitely use them to >>your advantage. It's not "hacking" to use the API given to you. :) >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
