Christophe - what of Falcon and the onus it places on the future of the Flex SDK? This is not a story of HTML vs Flex... it's about their interdependency and maturity. I don't think that it would be wise to conceptually place these two technologies into separate buckets at this point. Just sayin'
On Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Christophe Herreman wrote: > I agree that we should not silence people that want to discuss HTML vs Flex > as we can only benefit from these discussions. However, this is the > flex-dev list, intended for people who are actively working on the Flex SDK > code. I would encourage everyone to check the flex-users list for > discussions like the current one so the the focus of this list can stay on > the SDK itself. > > http://incubator.apache.org/flex/mailing-lists.html > > regards, > Christophe > > 2012/6/15 Doug McCune <d...@dougmccune.com (mailto:d...@dougmccune.com)> > > > > > > > Your experiences / pains on building HTML apps has no place here. Nor > > > does a debate on the merits of HTML/JavaScript Frameworks. > > > > > > > > > > > I've said it before and I'll repeat it again. This is so very not true. As > > a community, as a project, as a technology, Flex absolutely is fighting > > tooth and nail against the migration of developers to an HTML/JS stack. A > > proper understanding of the difficulties of layout in HTML is relevant for > > multiple reasons, including: > > > > 1) understanding how the simplicity of Flex layouts compare to HTML (or > > other stacks) is important when Flex developers debate the merits of > > various options. The Apache Flex community needs to be concerned not only > > with the technical aspects of Apache Flex, but also with the marketing side > > of things to give developers the ammunition needed to sell Flex as the > > right choice for a project. > > > > 2) since there is an interest in this community in converting MXML/AS into > > HTML/JS, the implications of how difficult mimicking Flex layouts in HTML > > is an important topic > > > > Now, I agree that the community should be fairly laser-focused *right now* > > on shipping an initial release. But that doesn't mean we should tell people > > to not discuss HTML-related topics. They are relevant and they are > > important to the future of this project. > > > > > > > -- > Christophe Herreman > http://www.herrodius.com > http://www.springactionscript.org > http://www.as3commons.org > >
