On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Eric <eh.fx...@gmail.com> wrote:

> As someone who absolutely hated Spark when it came out, that FlatSpark
> theme is entirely different (MUCH better).  Hopefully the author will
> donate it.
>
> And not to be a party pooper, but I recommend a little consideration
> before committing resources to a contest.  If it could possibly delay the
> first "real" release of FlexJS (or slow other important work), that puts a
> contest in a different light.  I could be thinking about this wrong, but I
> feel there should be a sense of urgency getting a production-ready version
> out there so this SDK can start growing at a much faster pace.
> -Eric


I agree.  We first need a theme spec to figure out how to skin in FlexJS
before trying to get the best skin possible for a first release.  For that,
I don't think we need a contest.

Thanks,
Om


>
>
>
> On 5/21/2014 11:39 AM, Chris Martin wrote:
>
>> I like the contest idea.  That way FlatSpark can still enter if they are
>> interested, and we could also get some others as well.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>>
>>  That's what I was trying to do, launch a contest.  Spread the word and
>>> see
>>> if we get other entries.
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> On 5/21/14 6:48 AM, "Deepak MS" <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  How about launching a contest like how we did for Apache Flex Logo? ;)
>>>>
>>>> Some designers from here might pitch in:
>>>> http://www.scalenine.com/
>>>>
>>>> Lot of Flex themes out there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If we are planning to go with FlatSpark theme, though it comes under
>>>> Apache, I feel it would be a good gesture if we contact and get a nod
>>>> from
>>>> the owner. I'm sure he\she would appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  In order for the sources to be placed in our repos, it should be
>>>>> donated
>>>>> by the owner.  We could use it as an external dependency, but IMO, it
>>>>> really should be in our repo.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/21/14 6:02 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  https://github.com/akamud/FlatSpark/blob/master/LICENSE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It has been released under the Apache License, which means it's OK for
>>>>>>
>>>>> us
>>>>>
>>>>>> to use if we chose to, isn't it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EdB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Frédéric THOMAS
>>>>>> <webdoubl...@hotmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  There is already this one, someone talked about on the list and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> twitter
>>>>>
>>>>>> recently https://github.com/akamud/FlatSpark
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Frédéric THOMAS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  From: aha...@adobe.com
>>>>>>>> To: dev@flex.apache.org
>>>>>>>> Subject: [FlexJS]  Designers needed for default theme
>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 22:47:40 +0000
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So far, we've been using developer "art" for FlexJS examples.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Several
>>>>>
>>>>>> folks at 360|Flex agreed that it would be good to have a new theme
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>
>>>>>> FlexJS.  It should not be Spark or MX revisited.  If anybody has
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> design
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> skills and wants to offer up a default look for a button, checkbox,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> radio
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> button, text input, date field, etc, please post an Illustrator
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> file
>>>>>
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> review.  Like we did for the new Apache Flex logo, we'll have
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> discussion
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and a vote.  It won't directly make you richer, but at least you'll
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bragging rights.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>> -Alex
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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