I add my vote to this thread. Even if most of us "experienced flexers" don't use it very often, design view is useful for beginners and for mobile application layouting.
+1 for me Peter On 22 February 2012 11:17, Jason Batten <i...@jasonbatten.com> wrote: > Another +1, it's good for quick wireframes and getting started > > > > On 22/02/2012 6:14 PM, Bruce Lane wrote: > >> Right, Design View is very important to learn the Flex components >> behaviours. >> +1 >> Bruce Lane >> >> On 22 February 2012 11:11, Avinash >> Narayanan<avinashapr9@gmail.**com<avinasha...@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> >>> I completely agree. I personally loved the design view alot especially >>> when >>> I first started out since I had no idea what flex was all about. Its also >>> brilliant for understanding the various containers, components etc from a >>> learning perspective. definitely a +1 from my side. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Avinash Y >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Dimitri k.<k...@noos.fr> wrote: >>> >>> After the discussion on the ML about the Design View, I thought it would >>>> be a good idea to ask Deepa at the Flex Paris meeting if Adobe could >>>> consider to open-source it after the removal from next version of Flash >>>> Builder. >>>> Frédéric Thomas, also on the ML, was quicker than me and ask Deepa about >>>> that. >>>> She said that Adobe hasn't thought about it because they didn't believe >>>> we >>>> were interested, but she was thinking it could be a good idea. >>>> In fact, the Design View is a Flex app, so the community can easily >>>> contribute to it, and legal scrubbing should not be such a drag. >>>> >>>> She concluded that the best thing to make it happen would be to show >>>> interrest for the open-sourcing of DV on this list. >>>> >>>> I know that lots of people don't care about the Design View (I rarely >>>> use >>>> it myself), but here are 4 reasons I think it could be a good move for >>>> Apache Flex: >>>> >>>> - DV is a great tool to understand the MXML paradigm, particularly for >>>> people coming for a Flash Pro background (timeline+stage), and its >>>> removal >>>> would increase the barrier of entry to Flex. >>>> >>>> - I heard several times about devs for which the DV is central to their >>>> Flex workflow. It's often the case for heavy form-based application, >>>> where >>>> standard Flex components are use exclusively and the Design View help >>>> avoiding "design re-compilation". >>>> In fact, I was told by an Adobe enterprise evangelist that he sold Flex >>>> to >>>> some big companies mainly because of the Design View and the ease they >>>> see >>>> in it to train their employees. >>>> >>>> - DV can be really helpful when designing Mobile apps, because you can >>>> test quickly your design with different resolutions and orientations >>>> >>>> - If we have access to the Design View code, maybe we could improve it >>>> in >>>> a way that even current Design View haters would use it ;) >>>> >>>> Dimitri K. >>>> >>>>
