Re: ApacheCon Slides

2014-03-26 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/26/14 7:56 AM, "Kessler CTR Mark J" wrote: >>We have 15 applications in total. These are all web based flex/flash >>based medium business level applications that are data driven. It is >>unrealistic for us to do a large conversion to JS of any type at this >>point. However it will alway

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2014-03-26 Thread Alex Harui
I'm definitely not a marketing person so suggestions are welcome. We should probably start another thread on it. I like the FlexJS name right now because I think it is important to get the attention of the JS developers, but maybe there's a better or additional tag line besides "Flex for JavaScri

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2014-03-26 Thread Avi Kessner
I would like to see FlexJS advertised more as a way to expand Flex, rather than to replace ActionScript or Flash. brought to you by the letters A, V, and I and the number 47 On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > Ok, I will remove the "Flash-based solutions no longer desirable" >

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2014-03-26 Thread Kessler CTR Mark J
x27;s matured enough. -Mark -Original Message- From: Justin Mclean [mailto:jus...@classsoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:14 PM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: ApacheCon Slides Hi, > Maybe I am too idealistic, but I think if FlexJS does become the most > efficient

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2014-03-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
My 2 cents: I see no reason for folks to not adopt FlexJS, if we do good marketing. Also, I had voiced this opinion earlier - FlexJS is a new SDK being built from scratch. Forgetting the JS part, it is a chance to right a lot of wrongs that have been accumulated with the current Flex SDK (which

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2014-03-25 Thread Alex Harui
You are welcome to your option/opinion, but the few folks I've talked to make me think differently. Some folks haven't moved from Flex to JS and if they decide to move someday will be a lot of work and if FlexJS is less work, we become a viable choice. It is important to set expectations. If we m

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2014-03-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Maybe I am too idealistic, but I think if FlexJS does become the most > efficient way to make money selling RIAs and mobile apps, some of those > folks will come back. My option on this is this: Unless it's a drop in 1 for 1 replacement I don't think the take up is going to be huge. Peopl

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2014-03-25 Thread piotrz
.nabble.com/ApacheCon-Slides-tp36258p36355.html Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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2014-03-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > While we should be proud of our install numbers, I think they may be more > related to the transition from Adobe Flex to Apache Flex for folks with > established Flex projects. That's probably correct but we have seen increasing numbers of installs for each version released. > There was

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2014-03-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Anybody besides Maurice think I need to change or remove the "Flex without > Flash"? Yes IMO as FlexJS is not really Flex as people understand it. Justin

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: AW: ApacheCon Slides Oh ... will go through the presentation again and correct the Flex SDK Thing ... I took the numbers Justin posted a few days ago ... if it's 4 that's great and I'll update that too ... wanted to add a note that it will be more as

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
to try. Yes of course :-) Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 19:49 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: ApacheCon Slides On 3/25/14 11:07 AM, "Maurice Amsellem" wrote: >> We'll know we are t

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2014-03-25 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/25/14 11:07 AM, "Maurice Amsellem" wrote: >> We'll know we are truly on our way to success when we start hearing >>from those folks again. > >I agree with the first sentence : I also think current users of Apache >Flex are related to "established Flex projects", that moved from Adobe to >A

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
Objective C. What do you think? Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 17:34 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: ApacheCon Slides While we should be proud of our install numbers, I think they may be more related to the trans

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2014-03-25 Thread Alex Harui
Ok, I will remove the "Flash-based solutions no longer desirable" Anybody besides Maurice think I need to change or remove the "Flex without Flash"? -Alex On 3/24/14 11:52 PM, "Deepak MS" wrote: >I looked into this slide: >Why FlexJS? > >Adobe Flash Player used to be in every browser >Adobe AI

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2014-03-25 Thread Alex Harui
iotr > > > >- >Apache Flex Committer >piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com >-- >View this message in context: >http://apache-flex-development.247.n4.nabble.com/ApacheCon-Slides-tp36 >258p36299.html >Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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2014-03-25 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/25/14 1:44 AM, "Christofer Dutz" wrote: >Hi Justin ... > >Have to admit that it seems to be easier to extend Flexmojos than >dropping that dam shadow ;-) >Tried the "Shadow" effect, but that added even more shadow ... it was >somehow part of the template they gave us ... perhaps Alex can

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
r starting it and for the noise. Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 11:41 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : AW: ApacheCon Slides But I think it's not only appearance ... that's the Point. At least wh

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
Cool. -Message d'origine- De : Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 11:43 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : AW: ApacheCon Slides Found out how to do it ... great you have 1000 Places where you can add shadows in PowerPoint ... it wa

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
___ Von: Justin Mclean Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. März 2014 11:37 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: Re: ApacheCon Slides Hi, > Have to admit that it seems to be easier to extend Flexmojos than dropping > that dam shadow ;-) Know what you mean I open have many "stand back I&

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
e. But perhaps that's only my Interpretation. Chris Von: Maurice Amsellem Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. März 2014 11:19 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: RE: ApacheCon Slides >What did you want to Point out on slide 11? I mean skinning is on the appear

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2014-03-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Have to admit that it seems to be easier to extend Flexmojos than dropping > that dam shadow ;-) Know what you mean I open have many "stand back I'm using photoshop" moments :-) Justin

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
alog and the other in step by step wizard, Exceeds the usual scope of skinning (which does not mean it's not possible). Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 11:06 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : A

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
14 11:10 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : AW: ApacheCon Slides Just checked again ... IntelliJ IDEA (Community) doesn't Support ActionScript and Flex ... so it is only the Ultimate Version: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_matrix.html Chris

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
If you can send me the ppt or pptx, I could remove the text shadow and send it back to you. Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 11:06 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : AW: ApacheCon Slides

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
März 2014 10:35 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: RE: ApacheCon Slides Few remarks: Slide 6: "Native Applications" => "Native mobile applications" , to avoid the confusion with AIR apps. Slide 7: Desktop + Web + Mobile Slide 8: the green smiley should not cover the

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
Jup Von: Maurice Amsellem Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. März 2014 10:37 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: RE: ApacheCon Slides What software are you using for the slides? Powerpoint ? Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Christofer

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
es [Metadata] and Y uses ... Something like that? But thanks for the Feedback ... I'll probably update the slides this evening. Chris Von: Maurice Amsellem Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. März 2014 10:35 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: RE: ApacheCon Slides

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
What software are you using for the slides? Powerpoint ? Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 09:45 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : AW: ApacheCon Slides Hi Justin ... Have to admit that it seems to be e

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
many DI/IOC frameworks for Flex. Overall, greate presentation, thanks Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] Envoyé : lundi 24 mars 2014 22:07 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : AW: ApacheCon Slides Hi Guys, I just uploaded my stuf a few minut

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2014-03-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > @Deepak MS Flex is so popular - I don't think so, maybe in US or China. Here > in Poland I got serious difficulties to found proper job as a Flex developer JFYI since we've released 4.12 China and USA account for 400+ installs each, and there's been 66 installs in Poland (out of a total of

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
nstall could be used by a lot of users. Chris Von: omup...@gmail.com im Auftrag von OmPrakash Muppirala Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. März 2014 00:10 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: Re: ApacheCon Slides Chris, a couple of points: 1. You seem to switch be

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2014-03-25 Thread Christofer Dutz
t that too had a shadow ;-) Chris Von: Justin Mclean Gesendet: Montag, 24. März 2014 23:58 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: Re: ApacheCon Slides Hi, > I just uploaded my stuf a few minutes ago: > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files

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2014-03-25 Thread piotrz
http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/ApacheCon-Slides-tp36258p36299.html Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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2014-03-25 Thread Maurice Amsellem
Yes, I agree with you. -Message d'origine- De : Deepak MS [mailto:megharajdee...@gmail.com] Envoyé : mardi 25 mars 2014 07:52 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: ApacheCon Slides I looked into this slide: Why FlexJS? Adobe Flash Player used to be in every browser Adobe AIR used t

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2014-03-24 Thread Deepak MS
I looked into this slide: Why FlexJS? Adobe Flash Player used to be in every browser Adobe AIR used to run on most computers Executives no longer carry Flash-capable devices AIR apps require installation and upgrades AIR apps have some fidelity issues Flash-based solutions no longer desirable Larg

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2014-03-24 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > 2. The numbers on slide 32 is a outdated. We have more than 40,000 > installs of the Flex SDK since we started keeping track. BTW where do you get the 40,000 number from. I can only see 30,000 in the google stats. That only include 4.9 and up are you including 4.8 in that and if so how d

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2014-03-24 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Also I think both slide decks need a little more branding (Apache Flex and ASF logos) and of course the trademark statement and a link to flex.a.o wouldn't go astray. Remember more than just attendees of ApacheCon will see these. Thanks, Justin

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2014-03-24 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
about it. The ApacheCon presentations could definitely be used to spread these messages. Thanks, Om > WDYT? > > Maurice > > -Message d'origine- > De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash > Muppirala > Envoyé : lundi 24 mars 2014 23

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2014-03-24 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
Chris, a couple of points: 1. You seem to switch between the terms 'Flex SDK' and 'FDK' midpoint in the presentation. I think we should all be consistently using the term 'Flex SDK'. 2. The numbers on slide 32 is a outdated. We have more than 40,000 installs of the Flex SDK since we started kee

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2014-03-24 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > I just uploaded my stuf a few minutes ago: > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/Building%20Enterprise%20Level%20Applications%20with%20Apache%20Flex%20and%20Java-v9-20140313_1547.pdf Lots of info + liking the positive tone you have going there :-) You may want to co

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2014-03-24 Thread Maurice Amsellem
Flex does not run on iOS and Android". It happened around me many times. WDYT? Maurice -Message d'origine- De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash Muppirala Envoyé : lundi 24 mars 2014 23:28 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: ApacheCon Slides

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2014-03-24 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
sirable' platform. Flash/AIR has a lot of positives(technically speaking). The only negative it has is that it does not run on iOS and Android browsers. Perhaps we point to that fact that FlexJS solves this problem so that folks can continue to keep one single codebase for all major platfor

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2014-03-24 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/24/14 3:21 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" wrote: >On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > >> Thanks for the feedback. That diagram is a bit lower-level than I was >> going to go, but I'm interested to hear why that's an important piece >>for >> folks attending a 45 minute session

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2014-03-24 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. That diagram is a bit lower-level than I was > going to go, but I'm interested to hear why that's an important piece for > folks attending a 45 minute session. I do have another diagram from my > 360|Stack slides that

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2014-03-24 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Hmm. I think the whole point of FlexJS is to create a framework that runs > without Flash and a key factor is the impact from decisions and statements > made by Jobs and Adobe. Are you saying that enough time has passed that > these decisions and statements are no longer a factor? IMO 4

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2014-03-24 Thread Maurice Amsellem
d" ears. Will it decrease the value of FlexJS, if you don't say that "Flash is not desirable anymore"? What do others think? Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Envoyé : lundi 24 mars 2014 21:42 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet

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2014-03-24 Thread Christofer Dutz
e.com] Gesendet: Montag, 24. März 2014 21:03 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: ApacheCon Slides ApacheCon required that we upload our slide decks by today. I just posted my slides. If you have time, please take a look and let me know if you think I should make changes. The FlexJS session is essent

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2014-03-24 Thread Alex Harui
Thanks for the feedback. That diagram is a bit lower-level than I was going to go, but I'm interested to hear why that's an important piece for folks attending a 45 minute session. I do have another diagram from my 360|Stack slides that tries to show the class substitution done by the compiler th

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2014-03-24 Thread Maurice Amsellem
+1 for the mobile improvements -Message d'origine- De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash Muppirala Envoyé : lundi 24 mars 2014 21:13 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: ApacheCon Slides I would like to see mention of all the activities around

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2014-03-24 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/24/14 1:30 PM, "Maurice Amsellem" wrote: >Flex.pdf >Page 6: "Eclipse-based IDE" => not only (IDEA, FlashDevelop, etc..) > >Overall, the impression it gave me is that it's not describing "what's >happening in Apache Flex Project", but rather an advertisement to attract >new developers by t

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2014-03-24 Thread Maurice Amsellem
ing harsh, but I think we have had enough with Steve Jobs and Abobe PR. Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Envoyé : lundi 24 mars 2014 21:03 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : ApacheCon Slides ApacheCon required that we upload our slide decks by today. I ju

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2014-03-24 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
For FlexJS, it would be nice if you can use the beads/strands diagrams from here [1] They do a good job of explaining the concepts visually. Thanks, Om [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Creating+Components On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:12 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala wrote: > I would

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2014-03-24 Thread Angelo Anolin
Looks good @Alex. I just hope that the full session, including the apps on your demo for both sessions would be available to everyone after the event. On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:12 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala wrote: > I would like to see mention of all the activities around Flex Mobile: > > - New c

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2014-03-24 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
I would like to see mention of all the activities around Flex Mobile: - New components/features (Mobile Grid, Scrollable text) - iOS7 status bar support - Support for low res (120DPI) and hi-res (480, 640 DPI) devices - CSS-Media queries for OS version - CSS-Media queries for device dimensions - N

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2014-03-24 Thread Alex Harui
ApacheCon required that we upload our slide decks by today. I just posted my slides. If you have time, please take a look and let me know if you think I should make changes. The FlexJS session is essentially the same as the 360|Stack presentation from last year. What's Happening in the Apache