@Alex : I know this is old but I've not been able to catch up with my email. What I wanted to ask you is, how can I help? with the start from scratch initiative.
Thanks Avinash Y On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Haykel BEN JEMIA <hayke...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 25 January 2012 08:32, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 1/24/12 11:24 PM, "Haykel BEN JEMIA" <hayke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Alex, you say the prototype was not faster, I suppose this is the case > > when > > > all features are enabled which is actually a good result (if it's not > > > slower). But the idea is that applications almost never require all > > > features. > > I disabled all but about 8 or so 'behaviors' it needed and it was still > > slower. The interstitial time of the required often-used 'behaviors' > make > > things slower. Most of the stuff you'd disable doesn't really take that > > much time in small apps. > > > > This looks very bad. It looks like often used features must be implemented > through inheritance. > > > > > > > > Regarding backward-compatibility, if it will prevent innovation, what > > about > > > working on a new version that is not backward-compatible in parallel to > > the > > > standard version? Existent applications continue to use the standard > > > version which will be maintained with bug fixes and perhaps also some > new > > > features and when the newer version is out, let's say Apache Flex X > (for > > > 10), new applications will use it and old applications can be ported > (but > > > not required). > > That is the plan. I hope to 'start over' on my whiteboard. > > > > > Good news! > > > > -- > > Alex Harui > > Flex SDK Team > > Adobe Systems, Inc. > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > >
