And why would you care about, or put stock in, the questionable decisions of other developers? Unless the "numbers" point to the extinction of the technology (which they don't), just use the best tool for the job. I can guarantee you, most users don't know or care about the technology underlying their apps as long as they work.
MLM (Embedded image moved to file: pic16827.gif) From: Alain Ekambi <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 02/28/2013 09:10 AM Subject: Re: Future of Flex technology 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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