On 10/3/12 8:47 AM, "Gary McGhee" <s...@buzzware.com.au> wrote:
> Considering how HTML websites and apps are prototyped and designed these days
> either in Photoshop/Fireworks or by hand-coding and refreshing the browser,
> why do/did we need a third kind of tool that lets you layout an app, but not
> really design or code it?
To act as the translation tool from PS/FW to Flex.
> Also I used to like the idea of a design view, but
> it quickly
> became useless for dynamically laid out or very complex screens, and once you
> really knew MXML it became superfluous.
>
> So I don't see the point in reviving such a thing - I would prefer to see
> better support for vector assets in Flex, and better support in Flash Pro for
> mocking UIs and exporting meaningful symbols for Flex. Many designers already
> know Flash Pro too.
Flash Pro's timeline-first UI is a turn-off to many. But it would be good
to have better support for Flash assets someday.
>
> Lastly, with Falcon on the scene, would't it be possible to emulate the
> hand-coding/browser refreshing style of development in near realtime?
I don't think it will be that fast for big apps. But maybe someday...
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
