@Gordon We actually see an increasing interest in Flex/AIR coming for our customers. With the small team that we have we actualy cant keep up with the requests. But i have to say we have a different approach to Flex development tho.
2012/11/16 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > > > > On 11/16/12 1:52 PM, "Fréderic Cox" <coxfrede...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm glad Alex is here because I believe he does not only have > > the experience but also great ideas where Flex should be headed. And he > > might have been blocked previously by business decisions but now can take > > Flex to a even higher level. > > > Keep in mind that I'm the biggest proponent of the full re-write. We may > still find a few performance mistakes in the current code (like the Chart > styles init that just got fixed), but really, some very smart people have > spent a lot of time on the current code and haven't found any easy wins. > IMO, the framework is slow because lots of code is running just in case. > This is especially true for mobile apps where you have the most constrained > runtime environment. The issue that came in today on the users list about > slow List performance I'm sure is in part due to TextLine being a bit > slower, but probably more due to lots of other code running as well. > > Plus, as many have recently said, the intertwined code we currently have > makes it hard for the volunteer to be successful in their spare time. > > I tried the big refactor and it was too difficult for me, but one of the > main difficulties was the fact that there was lots of other development > going on in the trunk at the same time and keeping my branch running was > nearly impossible. It could be that there won't be as much active > development in Apache Flex and a refactor branch will be manageable, but > the > other problem you run into is that every line of code is needed for some > reason at some point, and you tend to start leaving code in. > > Starting over definitely has its risks, but I think it will have the best > outcome. It won't make 100% parity ever and I'd shoot for 80% over two or > three years. But it will be designed to port to other platforms, and be > modular so the volunteer has a chance of making a difference. > > -- > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Team > Adobe Systems, Inc. > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > >
