Re: Open source parts of FP

2014-08-29 Thread Harbs
Yup. Pixel perfect text layout is the kicker. There’s currently three approaches to this problem that I know of: 1) Google Docs separates words (and sometimes letters) into separate divs and places each div separately. Selection rectangles and cursors are separate divs that are imposed over

Re: Open source parts of FP

2014-08-28 Thread Joel Marks
Thanks for the reply Mike. Sorry I didn't realize how well documented the open source parts of Flash argument is. Applications that rely on pixel perfect text layout can not use the browser DOM because most everything in the browser world it is dependent on what browser and OS you use. This has

Re: Open source parts of FP

2014-08-28 Thread Alex Harui
Hi Joel, Long time ago, someone mentioned this project: http://lightspark.github.io I have no idea if it will help you or not. Regarding FlexJS, in these early days, we are punting on pixel-perfect text. I have hope that someday, a few dedicated volunteers will take a shot at pixel-perfect

RE: Open source parts of FP

2014-08-28 Thread Michael A. Labriola
Applications that rely on pixel perfect text layout can not use the browser DOM because most everything in the browser world it is dependent on what browser and OS you use. This has led companies like Prezi, who is trying to get off FP, to use Emscripten for HarfBuzz in the browser then they

RE: Open source parts of FP

2014-08-27 Thread Michael A. Labriola
Long story short we are trying to do what the Flash Player does outside of Flash. We have seen other companies have success using Emscripten and asm.js so if Adobe could open source parts of the Flash Player then we could get some of the Flash Player functionality in javascript. FTE and the