Sounds great, I'm going to begin exploring the idea of a POC app. If anyone else is interested feel free to join in.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Roland Zwaga <rol...@stackandheap.com>wrote: > > > > Thanks Roland, that makes sense. > > If I remember correctly Stage3D content is rendered behind the normal > > DisplayList. This does allow you to mix Stage3D content with standard > > components. > > I guess when taking this into account it seems like item renderers would > > not be the way to go. > > > > What about narrowing down this use case and introducing a new component, > > maybe something based off of the DataGroup? This may be able to allow us > to > > get something "out the door" even with issues related to z-sorting and > > accessibility. > > > > I know currently these components rely heavily on the DisplayList, but > > after looking at the Starling framework I really don't think there is > > anything in place that would prevent this from happening. > > > > It sounds viable perhaps. I suggest you do some little tests do see if it > is a workable > avenue to explore. Using a POC component we could try and determine whether > the > accessibility limitations are of real issue or not. I'm not sure, but > there's probably some kind > of rules about what accepted accessibility is for a component, so at least > we'll know what > to look out for. Anyone here who can shed a light on this? I must say that > I know next to nothing > about it :) All I know is that its important, haha (sorry, ignorance > shining through there...) > I do believe that the combination of Stage3D and regaulr DisplayList based > UI ought to > be explored, because it seems like it could have great potential. But we > will need to > tread very carefully. > > cheers, > > Roland > -- Francis Altomare,
