Re: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Yvon Sauvageau
It seems you view yourself as an interaction designer, so I can see where you're coming from. As a developer (coder), I find these design views to be a flawed concept the minute I exit the realm of trivial applications. Why? Because in serious applications most of the displayed objects are

Re: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Jeffry Houser wrote: > On 10/7/2012 12:38 PM, Omar Gonzalez wrote: > >> >> Your post makes it sound like you're looking for a commercial venture. I >> don't believe Apache, in its OPEN SOURCE nature, is the right place to >> look >> to develop commercial products.

Re: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 10/7/2012 12:38 PM, Omar Gonzalez wrote: Your post makes it sound like you're looking for a commercial venture. I don't believe Apache, in its OPEN SOURCE nature, is the right place to look to develop commercial products. I'm not sure I completely agree. The Apache license is very liberal

Re: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Sebastian Mohr
On Oct 7, 2012, at 6:37 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski wrote: > Is your thought to have the design view really be within a web browser? No ... it should be an AIR app (I refer to this mail thread: Financing the Design View AIR App (Was: Re: Design View AIR App)). For simplicity reasons - which means

Re: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Sunday, October 7, 2012, Sebastian Mohr wrote: > Hi there, > > because, it is probably easier for us to have something on the table, > rather > then just to talk about it, I have created a small prototype with Flash > Catalyst > CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.6. This proposed Design Tool [1] - coden

Re: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Nicholas Kwiatkowski
Is your thought to have the design view really be within a web browser? I feel like more time would be spent re-creating the functions of a normal IDE, versus working on the intricacies of the DV itself. As far as your other questions : - I don't think there are any finances available to create

Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex

2012-10-07 Thread Sebastian Mohr
Hi there, because, it is probably easier for us to have something on the table, rather then just to talk about it, I have created a small prototype with Flash Catalyst CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.6. This proposed Design Tool [1] - codenamed Thermo MK2 - should be seen as a hybrid of Flash Cataly