Nice proposal Mike. Regarding 'Fully portable', is that not just a matter of skinning or are you thinking about more?
Haykel On 10 February 2012 17:00, Martin Heidegger <m...@leichtgewicht.at> wrote: > Dear List, > > it can be hard to find a vision for the next version of Flex. Developers > like us like discussions about technical details and they are boring. > > I think that is not enough! I think we need something that inspires us to > create something new - something that makes us believe that the things > created with Apache Flex are awesome. > > We can make awesome things! > > I propose following: Lets ask everyone who listens for user experience > concepts - full or partial. Things that they could see Flex is going to so > the PPMC get a better feeling how awesome they could be. > > The proposals should be split in a few categories: > > *) _HTML/JS compatible:_ To compile mxmlc/AS3 -> html/js the concept has > to work within the restrictions of HTML/JS with a optional royal look and > feel when being built for Flash without breaking the system. > > *) _Flash super-powered:_ Systems that leverage the power of the current > version of the Flash Player without thinking for a second about HTML: Stage > 3D / HD videos / JPEG XR / Slick custom fonts / Pixelbender effects / > (generated audio) / ... > > *) _Touch centric:_ Focussing on the fingers: > Swipe/Zoom/Rotate/Expand/**Swoosh/... > These concepts don't need to care about a mouse or keyboard. > > *) _Fully portable:_ Interfaces flexible enough to be represented in the > style of various Operation systems without neglecting our need for style. > Awesome on Mac/iOS/Windows/Android with few adaptations. > > Some rule-of-thumbs I can think of: > > * Responsiveness is key: The more stuff that has to run at a time the > less likely it will rock. > * All assets should be open-source: Don't build on royal fonts or > imagery. > > What would you think of such a request? Is that something that the PPMC > think is useful? Should we rock that? > > Note: The various concepts should be presented in the Wiki. > > yours > Martin. >
