> Op 26 sep. 2013 om 19:53 heeft OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:36 AM, garethdanielsmith <
> garethdanielsm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In my opinion the default appearance of Spark components in Flex could be
>> greatly improved.
>>
>> As an example, the Ext JS (AKA Sencha) javascript framework has many
>> components very similar to the ones in Flex, indeed Ext has billed itself
>> as
>> a Flex replacement. Ext has a gray theme (amongst others) that is very
>> alike
>> in color scheme to Flex
>> (
>> http://docs.sencha.com/extjs/4.2.1/extjs-build/examples/build/KitchenSink/ext-theme-gray/#progress-bar-pager
>> ),
>> but somehow everything looks nicer in Ext. Both Ext and Flex make use of
>> gradients and alternating colors in grids and icons and drop shadows and so
>> forth, but they are used more tastefully in Ext.
>>
>> In my experience it is possible to get Spark looking very nice, but this
>> generally requires lots of tweaking of
>> paddings/margins/colors/fonts/layouts. My experience with Ext has been that
>> the defaults generally look good.
>>
>> Personally a prettier default theme for Flex would be a major incentive for
>> me to use it in new development.
>>
>> This is just my 2 cents/pennys of course - I am aware that no-one has any
>> obligation to do the large amounts of work required to make Flex prettier.
> This shouldn't be very hard to implement codewise. The biggest hurdle,
> IMHO is to get a designer type person or a developer with a good eye for
> graphic design to come up with an overall look and feel.
>
> For example, we are trying to change the default look of the Flex mobile
> app. The hardest part is creating the visuals. Luckily, Android makes the
> default visual assets available on the dev site. After that it is just a
> matter of using the right tools to convert the formats (from AI to FXG,
> CSS, etc.)
>
> Another good example is the skinning work that the Fuse Collective folks
> did for the Apache Flex logo and the Installer skins.
>
> Are there designer folks who want to help out here?
I might be able to help out on this one..
>
> Thanks,
> Om
>
>
>> Gareth
>>
>>
>>
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