Absolutely not. I love Flex and invested a lot in it. We run numbers every year. Flex is just not there compared to other Frameworks (PhoneGap, Titanium, etc ) when it comes to mobile
That s the reality 2013/2/28 <[email protected]> > Wow...Irrelevant? That's an absurd statement. I think you're just flame > baiting.... > MLM > > > > > > From: Alain Ekambi <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 02/28/2013 09:05 AM > Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > > > > Now lets keep it real. > Flex is irrelevant on mobile. > > > 2013/2/28 Haissam Abdul Malak <[email protected]> > > > Enterprise apps are great with Flex. > > Mobile Apps specially almost one code based for all major platforms is > > excellent. > > That's why we love flex. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: stephen at stephenjc [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:40 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > > > > I cannot wrap my head around the js/dom model. That's why we use flex for > > our cross platform development. It just works. > > On Feb 28, 2013 9:22 AM, "Oliver Wiemer" > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > we all love Flex. > > > The best code language ever. > > > All i can code in flex, i do that. > > > And for enterprise application thats always the best. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 28.02.13 15:15 schrieb "Scott Matheson" unter > > > <[email protected]>: > > > > > > >Hi > > > > I am only a user of flex, I have spent 3 years of my time building > > > >a app for a charity, and we have 5-10 year life in the product, what > > > >I know, flex works, it is simple, it works, the good chaps on this > > > >list are investing a lot of there time to give flex a future, yes > > > >HTML/CSS/JS is the elephant in the room, if / when we have quality > > > >cross-compiling we will look back and think adobe giving flex to > > > >Apache was the best move ever > > > > > > > >We just need to give this project time > > > > > > > >Anyway that¹s my 2cents > > > > > > > >Scott > > > > > > > > > > > >On 2/28/13 8:52 AM, "Harbs" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Huh? > > > >> > > > >>You can compile MXML to AIR today. Who said anything about not > > > >>supporting that? > > > >> > > > >>If you are talking about the Falcon Compiler (which is not required > > > >>for compiling to AIR), the work for MXML compilation is currently > > > >>being finished by Gordon Smith. That's near-term support. The HTML > > > >>/JS support is a longer term goal. I've never seen any indication to > > > >>cause your concerns. > > > >> > > > >>Harbs > > > >> > > > >>On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Terry Corbet wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Why is it that you fail to see that each time you advertize your > > > >>>rush to cross-compiling MXML to HTML/CSS/Javascript and never > > > >>>provide status concerning the compilation of MXML to run in the AIR > > > >>>environment you are causing the very anxiety that we all deal with? > > > >>>You know that your employer is going to stop shipping the old > > > >>>compiler in favor of the new compiler. You know that the Gaming > > > >>>Guru will not let any resource be devoted to having the new > > > >>>compiler successfully compile Flex, i.e. Spark Components. So, > > > >>>exactly where are we supposed to feel confident that the Apache > > > >>>Flex project will let us maintain 'parity' [your favoirite word] in > > > >>>regards to compiling our AIR MXML applications with the new > > > >>>compiler? I have every reason to believe that you will achieve > > > >>>your objective, which is to have the Falcon work let you > > > >>>cross-compile to the environment that you believe has future > > > >>>possibilities, and, as long as one person is on loan one day per > > > >>>week, to get MXML compilation working, not much reason whatsoever to > > believe that on-going developoment of AIR applictions has a future. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Harui" <[email protected]> > > > >>> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > > >>> Sent: February 27, 2013 10:05 PM > > > >>> Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On 2/27/13 9:48 PM, "Devesh Mishra" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Hi, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Is there any future of Flex technology, as we can see that there > > > >>>>are no big improvements are coming in Flex. According to today's > > > >>>>scenario, Flex is only for desktop application and we are > > > >>>>entering into mobile technology. So it's a bit difficult to > > > >>>>understand the future existence of Flex. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> If we talk from market point of view, everyone is moving towards > > > >>>>HTML5/Android/Ios, after Adobe declaration for no support in > > > >>>>Flash/Flex. > > > >>> Adobe did not say "no support". Adobe is still supporting Flash, > > > >>>and you can still purchase Flex support contracts from Adobe. > > > >>>Adobe donated Flex to Apache so it can continue to be developed in > > > >>>the open. Adobe continues to make releases of Flash. > > > >>> > > > >>> Still, lots of people are moving to HTML5/Android/IOS, and so is > > > >>> Apache Flex. If you monitor the [email protected] mailing list > > > >>> you will > > > see > > > >>>that > > > >>> we are hard at work on trying to cross-compile MXML and > > > >>>ActionScript to HTML/JS/CSS which can then be run through > > > >>>PhoneGap/Cordova to create mobile apps. It is still in its > > > >>>infancy and we have lots of work ahead, but we are making > > > >>>progress. > > > >>> > > > >>> See [1] for more on one approach we are taking. > > > >>> > > > >>> [1] > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Alex%27s+FlexJS+Proto > > > ty > > > >>>p > > > >>>e > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Alex Harui > > > >>> Flex SDK Team > > > >>> Adobe Systems, Inc. > > > >>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> ----- > > > >>> No virus found in this message. > > > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > >>> Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6135 - Release Date: > > > >>>02/26/13 > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > > > > > >Disclaimer: This electronic mail and any attachments are confidential > > > >and may be privileged. 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