Re: Flex SDK description

2012-08-04 Thread Brent Arnold
How about: "Apache Flex is an ActionScript 3 based framework that runs on the Flash platform, including Flash Player and Adobe AIR". Brent On 8/4/12 9:20 AM, Alex Harui wrote: On 8/4/12 2:16 AM, "Justin Mclean" wrote: That's a bit more inclusive? Perhaps change to "Flash and AIR based" or d

Re: bay area folks and flash

2012-04-17 Thread Brent Arnold
Until you try to play that game in a mobile browser. AIR FTW! > We all know, pretty soon,. a > developer will release a great Javascript game that will make a ton of > money and become super popular and than it might fuel momentum in > Javascript. Okay I'll give you that. >

Re: Watch the Keynote at 360|Flex Live NOW

2012-04-16 Thread Brent Arnold
Mike Labriola streaked naked through the keynote screaming something incoherent. But other than that, no new info. Brent On 4/16/12 1:33 PM, Mark Fuqua wrote: Soany news from the keynote? New announcements etc. Other than Flextras being free for production deployment (read that on MXNA)?

Re: [OT] 360 Flex - Time to schedule out the Discovery Room - (was: [OT] 360 Flex Denver 2012 - Apache Flex Discovery Room)

2012-04-04 Thread Brent Arnold
So we just look for the guy with no pants? :-P Brent On 4/4/12 10:37 AM, Michael A. Labriola wrote: Jun, I don't know what times will work but my plan is to hang out there whenever I have free time. Mike

Re: [OT] 360 Flex Denver 2012 - Apache Flex Discovery Room

2012-03-14 Thread Brent Arnold
How about the logo and the phrase: "I should be committed" :-) On 3/14/12 6:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote: On 3/14/12 4:45 PM, "Jonathan Campos" wrote: Just kidding but buttons are a great idea. I'm afraid to ask but can anyone offer up a design? Maybe the current logo with the word "Committer

Re: API for reflection

2012-03-07 Thread Brent Arnold
I believe the purpose of this mailing list and project is to allow for lazy consensus on additions/updates to the Apache Flex SDK. I don't think there's anything wrong with people suggesting changes/updates/additions, they just need to back it up with code so the community can act on it. So if

Re: Native Screen ANE – was "new user interface design"

2012-02-28 Thread Brent Arnold
rmation that is returned works well enough to scale content properly for my mobile apps. I suppose if you have a more detailed use case, it could be a problem. Brent On 2/28/12 1:40 PM, Erik Lundgren wrote: 28 feb 2012 kl. 20.46 skrev Brent Arnold: What information would you need that's

Re: Native Screen ANE – was "new user interface design"

2012-02-28 Thread Brent Arnold
What information would you need that's not already included in the Capabilities class? Right now with Flash and AIR we can get access to screenDPI, screenResolutionX/Y, as well as color depth information. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/system/Capabiliti

Re: Would anyone care if we ditched support for semicolons being optional?

2012-02-22 Thread Brent Arnold
Nice. How about a compiler option that's on by default, but can be turned off for those compiling legacy content. So get folks into the habit of using semicolons for new content, and still be able to update legacy content as they see fit. Brent On 2/22/12 1:11 PM, Nicolas Cannasse wrote:

Re: [RT] Design View in FlashBuilder

2012-02-17 Thread Brent Arnold
I'd have to say that if the question is whether existing code being dropped from Flash Builder should be picked up by the community and integrated into other IDEs, please keep it in the community, rather than let it sit in a repo somewhere on Adobe's servers never seeing the light of day again.

Re: Adobe / Apache / Spoon Flex Tour

2012-02-15 Thread Brent Arnold
Flash Builder 4.6 still works great for mobile development. Seeing how Adobe isn't doing more Flex mobile development, Apache Flex will kick in, and adding SDKs to FB 4.6 is pretty simple. I'm happy staying with FB 4.6 and don't plan to move any time soon. Brent

Re: [Discuss] Logo Choices

2012-02-03 Thread Brent Arnold
The Flex community is a very opinionated group. Wait til we get to the discussion on Singletons... :-) On 2/3/12 10:14 AM, Rui Silva wrote: Agreed. I wonder if we'll have this depth of discussion when we get to the interesting bits about code and framework?

Re: [VOTE] final vote for logo color(s) selection

2012-02-03 Thread Brent Arnold
+1 multicolor logo Those colors reminds me too much of rainbows. I'm pretty sure Mother Nature has the trademark on it. Best be careful. ;-) Brent

Re: Apache Flex logo colors

2012-02-02 Thread Brent Arnold
I'm a big fan of contests myself... :-P On 2/2/12 10:16 AM, David Arno wrote: From: Omar Gonzalez [mailto:omarg.develo...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 February 2012 17:10 ...Then we can discuss color palettes until we're blue in the face. I propose a separate logo mailing list be created! ;) Could th

Re: Apache Flex logo colors

2012-02-02 Thread Brent Arnold
A lot of companies have a palette of colors for their brand, is there anything wrong with settling on a few colors that can be used for Apache Flex. Specifically identifying the hex values for said colors and people can use them as they like? Brent On 2/2/12 9:30 AM, Rui Silva wrote: I'd

Re: [DISCUSS] [Binding] Logo - final tweaks

2012-01-27 Thread Brent Arnold
I fully expect an Apache Flex koozie at this years 360Flex. ;-) Creating assets for use on everything frpm pens to notebooks to brochures to printed whitepapers (all of which you asked for) is a LOT of work, and is work that can be done when those items are actually needed (if they ever are).

Re: Codename for the new version?

2012-01-25 Thread Brent Arnold
"Montezuma's Revenge" - back with a vengeance. :-) On 1/25/12 8:24 PM, Rodrigo Pandini wrote: Ok. Yes, I understand now and I agree with Doug. Forget my sugestion for contest. I was just curious if when release a codename will be put. Like "Molehil", "Burrito" etc

Re: Pushing Flex components thorough the GPU

2012-01-24 Thread Brent Arnold
Apple has it's own implementation of accessibility. http://developer.apple.com/technologies/ios/accessibility.html But it doesn't do much with AIR apps. On 1/24/12 3:14 PM, Doug McCune wrote: While on the topic of accessibility, does anyone know how this transfers over to a mobile environment?

Re: [ApacheFlex] tag

2012-01-23 Thread Brent Arnold
Email filters. I have the email automagically moved to a folder called Apache Flex, which I then review at my leisure. On 1/23/12 10:00 AM, James Ong wrote: Hi, It can be confusing to read emails when this mailing list is without a [ApacheFlex] tag, let add that.

Re: [VOTE] Logo contest

2012-01-20 Thread Brent Arnold
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Re: [DISCUSS] Logo voting

2012-01-18 Thread Brent Arnold
So is the rest of the community unable to vote? Seeing how we didn't elect the PPMC members, I don't see it being very fair to exclude the rest of us from voting on something that will represent the community. 2 cents, Brent On 1/18/12 11:14 AM, Rui Silva wrote: Hi people, We should decide

Re: flex-users mailing list (starting over)

2012-01-17 Thread Brent Arnold
There's a typo in the subscribe mailto: link for the flex-users mailing list found on this page: http://incubator.apache.org/flex/mailing-lists.html It wants to email: flex-users-subscr...@incuabator.apache.org which fails (there's an extra 'a' in incubator). Thanks, Brent

Re: flex-users mailing list (starting over)

2012-01-13 Thread Brent Arnold
See how I tried to sneak that in there... ;-) I will certainly be contributing in any way that I can. Brent In general, you need to be a Apache committer to be a moderator (and I don't think you are one?) I hope this works for you. -Bertrand

Re: flex-users mailing list (starting over)

2012-01-13 Thread Brent Arnold
I agree as well, and would like to be a moderator on the new list. Brent Arnold On 1/13/12 12:40 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote: On 1/13/2012 2:30 PM, Douglas Arthur wrote: Finally, in the previous thread, there were enough volunteers (unless they want to withdraw now?). In addition, is there

Re: Where should people ask basic development questions?

2012-01-10 Thread Brent Arnold
For example, what is Adobe going to do with their Flex forums, and how will they address peoples questions that come up in the future that clearly relate to Apache Flex (not their Adobe Flex components)? I can't imagine a newbie dev connecting to this list and expecting to find answers to their

Where should people ask basic development questions?

2012-01-10 Thread Brent Arnold
With this discussion of IRC channels and the like, my question is where do we want people asking basic questions on Flex development? I'm not talking about the discussions we've had so far, where devs are asking about component architecture, suggesting changes to the framework, etc. I'm talkin

Re: Apache Flex Team Blog

2012-01-06 Thread Brent Arnold
Wasn't me. Though I'd donate that as well if I could. :D On 1/6/12 2:39 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote: Someone did on Twitter. I don't know who, though. ( http://twitter.com/apacheflex/). I actually like their twitter icon, though. :-) On 1/6/2012 4:34 PM, Rick Winscot wrote: Speaking of visi

Re: Apache Flex Team Blog

2012-01-06 Thread Brent Arnold
+1 On 1/6/12 1:31 PM, Michael Schmalle wrote: It would be nice to be able to target this at apache.org and get the word out. This doesn't have to happen any time soon but, I'm telling you there are 1000's listening like it was the day before the world might end hanging onto the optimism we all

Re: Apache Flex community website

2012-01-06 Thread Brent Arnold
No, no, I wouldn't want it built in Flash either. I didn't think people still made websites completely in Flash anymore. ;-) But if you're talking about demos and a showcase of Flex applications - then I'm completely with you. We miss a centralized place where people can see exactly what can

Re: Apache Flex community website

2012-01-06 Thread Brent Arnold
Hi Bertrand, So IIUC you think that a) The layout of http://incubator.apache.org/flex/ should be improved? I don't know how the process works exactly, but how long would the project be at the incubator page? If it's any significant amount of time, then yes it should be improved. b) To be appe

Flex mobile components

2012-01-05 Thread Brent Arnold
This is something that's been bothering me lately, and since many Adobe Flex people are on this list, I wanted to get your feedback. 1. If Adobe is no longer developing Flex, but Adobe wants to continue promoting/developing AIR for mobile, but all of the mobile components are written in Flex,

Re: Apache Flex community website

2012-01-05 Thread Brent Arnold
I agree that this list *is* the community, but what does the "face" of Apache Flex look like when it's out of incubator status? When I go to a website like http://camel.apache.org, and then go to http://www.flex.org, which one looks more appealing? (no offense to Camel). Sure, both websites off

Re: Apache Flex community website

2012-01-05 Thread Brent Arnold
That's a good point regarding whether we need a new website. I wasn't sure what features are available to the community for adding wiki's, etc. to the existing apache.org website. I would consider my site valuable to the community for things like sharing tutorials, listing discussions that are

Apache Flex community website

2012-01-05 Thread Brent Arnold
Hi everyone, As a member of the Flex community I wanted to contribute in some way, and since I'm not an initial committer or anything, I figured I could at least do something like setup and host a website --> apacheflex.org. I realize that the core of the project will remain with apache.org,