Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Ronny Shibley
Well said Joel ! I'm a strong believer in structured programing and painless portability. Flex is by far the best there is out there at the time being. It might be a while before others catch up. Until we are provided with an alternative that does not deny us all software architecture standards...

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Joel Tan
Hi Alex, I like your statement “For me, a goal is to get someone to use Flex/FlexJS to build a site or apps that people can't live without”, You are right! If Flex Developers can build apps that draw many users to it, make it to be part of their lives or businesses which they can’t live without

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Avi Kessner
t; > -Original Message- > From: Tom Chiverton > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Sent: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash > > On 31/10/2013 16:58, Kessler CTR Mark J wrote: > > I'm guessing outside of this controlled environment, having the general &

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread flex
round the native controls I don't know any other comparible cross platform. -Original Message- From: Tom Chiverton To: dev@flex.apache.org Sent: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:08 PM Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash On 31/10/2013 16:58, Kessler CTR Mark J wrote: > I'm guessi

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Tom Chiverton
On 31/10/2013 16:58, Kessler CTR Mark J wrote: I'm guessing outside of this controlled environment, having the general public access to an application would be the uphill battle you have laid out. It depends on the audience though. We're deploying to people who, generally, have multi-megabit AD

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Kessler CTR Mark J
controlled environment, having the general public access to an application would be the uphill battle you have laid out. -Mark -Original Message- From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:40 PM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash T

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Alex Harui
The concept of shared libraries is sound, but IMO, has problems in a constrained environment. I'm not sure what you mean by VC redistributable libraries, but many years ago I worked on a large app that used the Microsoft Foundation Classes as DLLs. That worked great because we still shipped apps

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Alex Harui
Well, again, just my opinion, but while Jobs is/was very influential, commercial success could have (and could still) trump his opinions. I'd bet that in every relase of Windows and OSX, the compatibility testers see what broke and discuss what they want to bring forward. So far Flash has been on

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Nick Collins
Alex, Well, as far as Apple is concerned on that end, it was kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. They said people can live without SWFs, and then used their clout to force everyone to recreate their content without Flash, so the content was still there in some handicapped form, but it was a passable

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-31 Thread Kessler CTR Mark J
I don't see anything wrong with RSL's as long as they stay on the client machine for the long term and not in a browsers cache. I mean it would be nice if they were broken down into smaller subsets, but really it's no different than having VC redistributable libraries. -Mark -Original Me

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-30 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/30/13 7:38 AM, "Tom Chiverton" wrote: >On 29/10/2013 17:02, Alex Harui wrote: >> to debug and test on all of the various browsers and platforms out >>there. >> It was doable at one point in time, but with the explosion of mobile >That was what the Open Screen Project was meant to achieve,

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-30 Thread Tom Chiverton
On 29/10/2013 17:02, Alex Harui wrote: to debug and test on all of the various browsers and platforms out there. It was doable at one point in time, but with the explosion of mobile That was what the Open Screen Project was meant to achieve, I thought, outsourcing the Player development to the r

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread flex
9 Oct 2013 1:28 PM Subject: RE: Mozilla takes on Flash >Search for "Puffin Web Browser" on the App Store. >https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/puffin-web-browser-free/id472937654?mt=8 >It has support for Flash. >But it's so slow, even on simple flash pages... The real key t

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Michael A. Labriola
>Search for "Puffin Web Browser" on the App Store. >https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/puffin-web-browser-free/id472937654?mt=8 >It has support for Flash. >But it's so slow, even on simple flash pages... The real key to this is in the detail. This is from the apple licensing agreement: "3.3.2 An

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread flex
the best way to go while mobile operating systems still use sandboxed browsers that block plugins. -Original Message- From: Maurice Amsellem To: "dev@flex.apache.org" Sent: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:02 PM Subject: RE: Mozilla takes on Flash > Because Apple wont allow you that s

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/29/13 9:49 AM, "Tom Chiverton" wrote: >On 29/10/2013 16:35, f...@dfguy.us wrote: >> Agreed 100%. What I always wondered is why someone, like mozilla, >>google or even Adobe themselves, doesn't write a browser that has flash >>player embedded in it as an app on the app store. >Because Appl

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Maurice Amsellem
27;s so slow, even on simple flash pages... Maurice -Message d'origine- De : Tom Chiverton [mailto:t...@extravision.com] Envoyé : mardi 29 octobre 2013 17:50 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: Mozilla takes on Flash On 29/10/2013 16:35, f...@dfguy.us wrote: > Agreed 100%.

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Tom Chiverton
On 29/10/2013 16:35, f...@dfguy.us wrote: Agreed 100%. What I always wondered is why someone, like mozilla, google or even Adobe themselves, doesn't write a browser that has flash player embedded in it as an app on the app store. Because Apple wont allow you that sort of app on iOS. Because the

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread flex
ple can have confidence in the platform going forward. With flash >> and air and then potentially js support it really is a great cross platform >> solution. >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Alex Harui >> To: "dev@flex.apache.org&qu

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/29/13 6:40 AM, "f...@dfguy.us" wrote: >Well the ability to control display objects however you want and the >entire class structure is obviously different. So you essentially have >everything on screen as a canvas. Plus the display list allows you to >manage the organization of objects in

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Lee Burrows
t; Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:36 PM Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash On 10/28/13 6:14 PM, "f...@dfguy.us" wrote: My deal is I've always preferred the programming model in the flash runtimes. The way you control graphics and objects and the organization of flex project code is supe

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Michael A. Labriola
If Shumway ever gets completed and officially supported, it could extend swf format lifetime but it would also introduce a platform fragmentation. >Think about it this way. Right now Flash Player is implemented in a >combination of low-level programming languages and compiled for native code >s

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Igor Costa
e- > From: Alex Harui > To: "dev@flex.apache.org" > Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:36 PM > Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash > > > > On 10/28/13 6:14 PM, "f...@dfguy.us" wrote: > > > >My deal is I've always preferred the programming model i

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread flex
then potentially js support it really is a great cross platform solution. -Original Message- From: Alex Harui To: "dev@flex.apache.org" Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:36 PM Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash On 10/28/13 6:14 PM, "f...@dfguy.us" wrote: > >My de

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Cedric Muller
Given the way this plugin/native thing is done (is it a plugin or not? the site says it so), I think this initiative is less than interesting. All in all, wouldn’t it best to do it ‘compile wise’ ? (interpretation, layers over layers, etc … just for outputting to JS? what would be the pros ?) Ce

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Tomislav Pokrajcic
If Shumway ever gets completed and officially supported, it could extend swf format lifetime but it would also introduce a platform fragmentation. Not sure if it could ever cover the entire functionality of Adobe Flash player? As I understand it, mostly because of 3rd party IP. Adobe has a busine

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-29 Thread Avi Kessner
Maybe I should explain myself better (now that I'm not on a mobile device) Because of Adobe's actions, I have ill-will towards Adobe. On the other hand, because of Adobe's actions, I have more job opportunities, and since I have switched over to JetBrain's tools, I also have a much more productive

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/28/13 6:14 PM, "f...@dfguy.us" wrote: > >My deal is I've always preferred the programming model in the flash >runtimes. The way you control graphics and objects and the organization >of flex project code is superior. Also the use of components and >extensibility of classes with flex and oo

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread flex
nd framework to business given all of the focus on graphic design, gaming and entertainment by Adobe now. Flex is great at eating data and integrating with enterprise architectures ... -Original Message- From: jude To: dev Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on F

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread jude
ational for Adobe to just give away >> their runtime that they've invested lots of money in though too so that >> probably won't happen. Maybe you could get firefox as an app on ios with >> this plugin but maybe they don't allow other browsers besides safari. >> >>

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread jude
en. Maybe you could get firefox as an app on ios with > this plugin but maybe they don't allow other browsers besides safari. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Avi Kessner > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: Mozilla takes o

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/28/13 2:08 PM, "Rupen Gosrani" wrote: >Hi Alex, > > Ok, Great. I am going to help out in all aspects as you mentioned. Thanks > for the links provided below, I will go through them and follow the > directions you provided to update everyone with the prefix [FlexJS] in >our > discussions. >

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Rupen Gosrani
> products, >>>> to maybe 5. >>>> >>>> brought to you by the letters A, V, and I >>>> and the number 47 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Alex Harui wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK, I'll b

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
>>> >>>> OK, I'll bite. Stupid about what? >>>> >>>> On 10/28/13 7:04 AM, "Avi Kessner" wrote: >>>> >>>>> Why is adobe being so stupid? That's all I have to wonder... >>>>> >>>>>

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Avi Kessner
star.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Look at the source code of this page. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > http://www.areweflashyet.com/shumway/examples/inspector/inspector.html?rf &g

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Rupen Gosrani
pid? That's all I have to wonder... >>>> >>>> brought to you by the letters A, V, and I >>>> and the number 47 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Maurice Amsellem < >>>> maurice.amsel...

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
>> >>http://www.areweflashyet.com/shumway/examples/inspector/inspector.html?rf >> >>ile=../Box2DFlashAS3/demo.swf >> >> >> >> Interesting... >> >> >> >> Maurice >> >> >> >> -Message d'origine- >>

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Michael A. Labriola
>Shumway is a plugin. It's not a plugin. You probably need to take a look at the project and the code. Yes, they say in that article is a browser extension, but effectively it is a core JS library that acts as a Flash Player virtual machine but executing inside of the JavaScript VM. I am not s

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Avi Kessner
/inspector/inspector.html?rf > >>ile=../Box2DFlashAS3/demo.swf > >> > >> Interesting... > >> > >> Maurice > >> > >> -Message d'origine- > >> De : Maurice Amsellem [mailto:maurice.amsel...@systar.com] > >> Envoyé : lundi

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
; >> Maurice >> >> -Message d'origine- >> De : Maurice Amsellem [mailto:maurice.amsel...@systar.com] >> Envoyé : lundi 28 octobre 2013 14:36 >> À : dev@flex.apache.org >> Objet : RE: Mozilla takes on Flash >> >> Hi Sebastian, >> >&

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/28/13 6:36 AM, "Maurice Amsellem" wrote: >Hi Sebastian, > >Thanks for sharing the link. > >I believe this is more of a competitor to FlexJS, although Shumway seems >more aimed at Flash SWFs. IMO, Flash is rendering-centric, and browsers have been text and interaction-centric and that dif

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread flex
r browsers besides safari. -Original Message- From: Avi Kessner To: dev@flex.apache.org Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash Shumway is a plugin. It's a plugin that only runs on firefox. Apple is not going to adopt it, as the reason they didn't

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Avi Kessner
the runtimes have been optimized. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Maurice Amsellem > To: "dev@flex.apache.org" > Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 8:43 AM > Subject: RE: Mozilla takes on Flash > > Look at the source code of this page. > > >

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread flex
n the full desktop version and the runtimes have been optimized. -Original Message- From: Maurice Amsellem To: "dev@flex.apache.org" Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 8:43 AM Subject: RE: Mozilla takes on Flash Look at the source code of this page. http://www.areweflashyet.com/shumwa

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Miguel Ferreira
bject: Re: Mozilla takes on Flash > To: dev@flex.apache.org > > Why is adobe being so stupid? That's all I have to wonder... > > brought to you by the letters A, V, and I > and the number 47 > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Maurice Amsellem < > maurice

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Avi Kessner
eweflashyet.com/shumway/examples/inspector/inspector.html?rfile=../Box2DFlashAS3/demo.swf > > Interesting... > > Maurice > > -Message d'origine- > De : Maurice Amsellem [mailto:maurice.amsel...@systar.com] > Envoyé : lundi 28 octobre 2013 14:36 > À : dev@flex

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Maurice Amsellem
:36 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : RE: Mozilla takes on Flash Hi Sebastian, Thanks for sharing the link. I believe this is more of a competitor to FlexJS, although Shumway seems more aimed at Flash SWFs. It would be interesting to make comparisons between the two, in terms of performance , ev

RE: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Maurice Amsellem
-Message d'origine- De : Sebastian Mohr [mailto:flex.masul...@gmail.com] Envoyé : lundi 28 octobre 2013 14:17 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Mozilla takes on Flash Does anyone have an idea what this [1] means to us? [1] http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/10/mozilla-takes-on-

Re: Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Deepak MS
PM, Sebastian Mohr wrote: > Does anyone have an idea what this [1] means to us? > > [1] > > http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/10/mozilla-takes-on-flash/?goback=%2Egde_4296888_member_5797420905202204675#%21 > > > -- > Sebastian (PMC) > Interaction Designer >

Mozilla takes on Flash

2013-10-28 Thread Sebastian Mohr
Does anyone have an idea what this [1] means to us? [1] http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/10/mozilla-takes-on-flash/?goback=%2Egde_4296888_member_5797420905202204675#%21 -- Sebastian (PMC) Interaction Designer Looking for a Login Example<http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/LoginExam