I wonder why there aren't cross-platform open source alternatives for Flex Builder. Maybe it is usable enough (just) that people aren't interested? There were a project a while back that tried to implement an IDE for Flex using Flex itself - that could be quite interesting, and when combined with AIR and merapi it could be an alternative. Thinking about it though, it feels like trying to shove a square peg into a round hole, but so was a lot of the web 2.0 stuff back in the day :)
I'm currently evaluating FlashDevelop and Tofino (both Windows only) for my next project - one thing's for sure, both start a hell of a lot faster than FB. Sam P.S. lol at the abbreviation expansions - made my day. 2009/2/26 Kelly <dek...@gmail.com>: > I don't really care enough to try to fix the Alpha one although I guess I > should check the logs and submit bugs. > > I don't think Adobe cares though. > > > I know how you feel about Flexbuilder overall. > > It is pretty useful but it is missing some very useful features that even > the old Macromedia IDE's had. > > Adobe seems to have forgotton the "Macro" part of Macromedia when they > bought it. > > > > > While I haven't personally checked the source of every package I run on > Linux the nature of the system means that quite a few others probably have > and any dirty deeds would be quickly reported. > > > Google is a front company for the NSA/CIA and so I am not anymore worried > about Google spying on me then I already am about Babylon spying on me. > > > The Internet was created by DARPA. It was MindKontrol/Spyware from the > start. > > > I am sure there are NSA backdoors into all OS's so I guess its a pointless > argument. > > > NSA = National Slavery Agency > DHS = Department of Human Slavery > CIA = Cocaine Importation Agency > FEMA = Federal Extermination Management Agency > DoD = Department of Death > IRS = It's Really Slavery > > > > "Babylon we know your secrets" > > > > > > > > > > Sam Lai wrote: > > 2009/2/26 Kelly <dek...@gmail.com>: >> >> I keep trying to use it in Ubuntu but without much success. >> >> It crashes a lot. I am using 8.10 though. > > What do the Eclipse logs say? They might help in working out what's > wrong. Which version of Java are you running as well while you're at > it. There are various fixes for certain things floating around, but at > the end of the day you get a hodge-podge version that kind of works > still. > >> I don't even care about design view. >> >> I would be happy if it only had the features it currently has in the >> Alpha. > > I woulld've strongly missed this initially, but surprisingly, I'm > beginning to see MXML like HTML and don't even resort to the design > view anymore (also because it's clunky and slow too in Windows). I'd > drop Flex Builder any day if it weren't for the lack of serious > alternatives - its nowhere near the IDE I expected. > >> Who still uses Windoze? Srsly. >> >> Windoze is just expensive patented spyware. >> >> It spys on you in about 50 different ways. >> >> Micro$oft admitted it in their patents. >> >> No doubt Macs do the same thing. Just more expensive. > > Right. That makes you super cool spelling Windows and Microsoft that > way. And I presume you've checked through the source code of every > component used in your installation of Ubuntu to make sure it isn't > sending anything either. There are perfectly legitimate reasons for > collecting such data, and no doubt Ubuntu (and some of the apps > running on your computer) have a similar program. I'm not trying to > justify some of the things that Microsoft collect; but just because > you don't know doesn't mean it isn't there. > > You don't seem to have an issue with Google spying on you via your > gmail account, your searches and anything else you perform on Google > sites whilst logged into your Google account... > > > >
