Hi Rick, I was merely mentioning Flex vs HTML as the undertone of the original message. The various technologies should indeed be discussed and considered together, preferably on a separate list if not directly related to the development of the Flex SDK itself.
regards, Christophe 2012/6/15 Rick Winscot <rick.wins...@gmail.com> > 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 > > > > > > > -- Christophe Herreman http://www.herrodius.com http://www.springactionscript.org http://www.as3commons.org
