Re: Flex 5 in haxe

2012-11-19 Thread John Cunliffe
According to Wikipedia: Haxe also includes platform-specific API, but as of 2012, it only supports a subset of the functionality available in each platform[5] , with only the Flash platform API fully usable. On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Gordo

Re: Flex 5 in haxe

2012-11-17 Thread John Cunliffe
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Hordur Thordarson wrote: > Also, what would the experience be on the dev tools side ? Currently we > have Flash builder with a pretty nice, WYSIWYG GUI builder and as I said, a > pretty nice compile-run-debug experience. If Flex is ported to Haxe or > some other

Re: Flex 5 in haxe

2012-11-16 Thread John Cunliffe
Hi Carlos, I don't often post on this list, yet I consider myself a big supporter of Flex. This discussion makes me change my silent policy because it targets my growing main concern, which I assume is shared by many other developers: Will I be able to make a living with Flex programming in future

Re: Does Adobe have a plan to support Windows 8 metro app and windows phone?

2012-07-24 Thread John Cunliffe
Nice summary: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/02/adobe-lays-out-the-future-for-flash-a-platform-for-the-next-5-10-years/ On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote: > > You'll have to ask Adobe. I'd start by checking the Flash Platform Road > Map. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/**f

Re: ComboBox Selection (was: combo box)

2012-04-10 Thread John Cunliffe
I think you are referring to the decorator pattern. It has pros and cons, as do all architectural decisions. Personally I am more interested in the what/result, not so much in the how/way. But it takes all sorts, right? John Am 10.04.2012 21:08 schrieb "Michael A. Labriola" < labri...@digitalprima

Re: combo box

2012-04-10 Thread John Cunliffe
Great thinking. Personally I would love seeing something like the flexlib library being revived. Anybody else? John On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 7:23 PM, David Coleman < david_coleman_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. Mike's most recent mail (mentioning that ComboBoxes have > changed nearly eve