> > 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.
This really depends. I've used flash created animated navigations in flex. They were created in flash > exported to SWC and then made into a flex component. Zing it had! B. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:14 AM, 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 > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
