Well there are def companies using Flex on mobile. But overall it s not even 5%
2013/2/28 Haissam Abdul Malak <habdulma...@ccc.com.lb> > Not in my experience! > We have a successful mobile application built in FLEX and by the way I > work in a very huge international company. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alain Ekambi [mailto:jazzmatad...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:05 PM > To: users@flex.apache.org > Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > > Now lets keep it real. > Flex is irrelevant on mobile. > > > 2013/2/28 Haissam Abdul Malak <habdulma...@ccc.com.lb> > > > 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:step...@stephenjc.com] > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:40 PM > > To: users@flex.apache.org > > 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" > > <o.wie...@audiovisuellemedien.de> > > 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 > > > <smathe...@intralinks.com>: > > > > > > >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" <gavha...@gmail.com> 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" > > > >>> <aha...@adobe.com> > > > >>> To: <users@flex.apache.org>; <flex-us...@incubator.apache.org> > > > >>> Sent: February 27, 2013 10:05 PM > > > >>> Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On 2/27/13 9:48 PM, "Devesh Mishra" <devesh.mis...@mastek.com> > > 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 d...@flex.apache.org 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+Pro > > > to > > > 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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