"Yes, for sites that have a lot of UI "zing" - animations and effects, and really wild transitions and layouts, well, Flex would not be the best choice. That's why you have to decide which tool is best for what kind of project you have." That's what bothers me about Flex, and maybe that's where the comparisons are at; Maybe shouldn't be comparig flash and flex, but more flex vs ajax.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Merrill, Jason < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure - I mean again, it just comes down to what KIND of sites you are > comparing - a cool site RIA could be equally cool as a cool 3D Flash site > like EcoDaZoo (which was done with Papervision3d by the way, and could have > been done in Flex - if there was a need for the Flex framework) - but > comparing one site with another for "coolness" is really subjective, it's > like comparing apples and oranges. If a site dynamically allows product > selection interactions with effects was seen as "cool" - and a site like > EcoDaZoo was done with Flash + Papervision and is thought of as "cool", > well, which one is "cooler"? You can't do the comparision because they are > completely different types of sites. > > Yes, for sites that have a lot of UI "zing" - animations and effects, and > really wild transitions and layouts, well, Flex would not be the best > choice. That's why you have to decide which tool is best for what kind of > project you have. > > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff > Support L&LD > > Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash > Platform Developer Community > Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative > Learning Blog and subscribe. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cedric Muller > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:07 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex vs. Flash > > You are right. I may have been mislead here, but I still think that a > site like EcoDaZoo or sites done by agencies like Gringo, or > Firstborn are Flash, not Flex. I am getting specific here, which is > irrelevant regarding this thread. > > Cedric > > >>> With both you can be efficient. As a proof, all the best Flash sites > > are Flash, not Flex. > > > > How do you know? I have seen some amazing Flash sites I thought > > were build in the Flash IDE, and I found out later they were Flex > > apps, with some really great skinning going on. I have also seen > > some flex-like sites that were cool that I discovered were Flash > > IDE made sites. But in a lot of cases, there is no real way to > > tell what the development environment was - maybe if you pulled > > apart the .swf you could tell, but other than that, it's difficult. > > > > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & > > Staff Support L&LD > > > > Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of > > America Flash Platform Developer Community > > Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the > > Innovative Learning Blog and subscribe. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- M.A. van't Kruis http://www.malatze.nl/ _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
