RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-22 Thread Tianzhen Lin
on where things are graphically intensive. Tangent -Original Message- From: Gordon Smith [mailto:gosm...@adobe.com] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 1:47 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: To AS4 or not > regarding the gaming strategy i don't see why Adobe would add a

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-22 Thread Gordon Smith
essage- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 4:22 AM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not If you need accessibility on desktop, you can rely on current runtime if you need new runtime for next mobile targets, do we still h

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-22 Thread sébastien Paturel
Gordon -Original Message- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 6:35 AM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not Thanks Gordon for you answers, "but you'd have to rewrite it even if the new VM ran AS3 because t

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-22 Thread sébastien Paturel
port the Flex framework if the new runtime doesn't support things like accessibility that RIAs need? - Gordon -Original Message- From: Tianzhen Lin [mailto:tang...@usa.net] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 2:10 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: To AS4 or not I cannot w

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-22 Thread Charles Monteiro
t; - Gordon > > -Original Message- > From: Tianzhen Lin [mailto:tang...@usa.net] > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 2:10 PM > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: To AS4 or not > > I cannot wait to see the specs of AS4, and love to help out porting Flex

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-20 Thread Gordon Smith
- Original Message -- Received: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:02:44 PM EDT From: Gordon Smith To: "flex-dev@incubator.apache.org" Subject: RE: To AS4 or not > > Is it a stupide idea to use Falcon to transcode from AS3 to AS4 and > > then compile AS4 with adobes compiler? (if we emu

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-20 Thread Tianzhen Lin
-- Received: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:02:44 PM EDT From: Gordon Smith To: "flex-dev@incubator.apache.org" Subject: RE: To AS4 or not > > Is it a stupide idea to use Falcon to transcode from AS3 to AS4 and then compile AS4 with adobes compiler? (if we emulate or drop the native features that

RE: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-20 Thread Gordon Smith
mail.com [mailto:carlos.rov...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Rovira Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:12 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon) Alex, Gordon, when we could get more info about AS4? I think this new version of the language and the new ve

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Whether it is realistic, given the lack of people volunteering to work on the compiler, is questionable in my mind. - Gordon -Original Message- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 6:35 AM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-20 Thread Carlos Rovira
] >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:56 AM >> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon) >> >> >> >> >> On 10/19/12 10:52 AM, "João Fernandes" >> wrote: >> >>> Alex, co

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-20 Thread sébastien Paturel
VM is not designed to run AS3. - Gordon -Original Message- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:50 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not and using Falcon to compile AS3 to generate new VM bytecode? is it more re

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread aYo ~
Jeez, here we go again - uncertainty part 2 On 20 Oct 2012 00:15, "Alex Harui" wrote: > > > > On 10/19/12 3:55 PM, "charles.monte...@gmail.com" > wrote: > > > > > This now getting troubling if people are representing things correctly. Are > > all current flex based mobile apps doomed ? > > When

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/19/12 3:55 PM, "charles.monte...@gmail.com" wrote: > This now getting troubling if people are representing things correctly. Are > all current flex based mobile apps doomed ? When is AS4 due? Do we know for > sure when the new vm's will cut out support for As 3 which is required for

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread charles.monte...@gmail.com
ober 19, 2012 2:50 PM > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: To AS4 or not > > and using Falcon to compile AS3 to generate new VM bytecode? > is it more realistic to achieve? > > Le 19/10/2012 20:54, Gordon Smith a écrit : >>> Gordon, Adobe AS4 compiler won't

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
time will only work for AS4? Sorry, I don't know the plans for AIR. - Gordon -Original Message- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 3:02 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not So the only way to make flex

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread sébastien Paturel
-Original Message- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:50 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not and using Falcon to compile AS3 to generate new VM bytecode? is it more realistic to achieve? Le 19/10/2012 20:54

RE: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
I think this would be difficult as the new VM is not designed to run AS3. - Gordon -Original Message- From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:50 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not and using Falcon to compile

Re: To AS4 or not

2012-10-19 Thread sébastien Paturel
il.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:53 AM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon) Alex, couldn't we simply use AS4 and have multiple target platforms ? Gordon, Adobe AS4 compiler won't be open sourced but would it be possible to adapt Falcon to target the new VM?

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread Alex Harui
e been hearing some other stuff that might make it harder. > > - Gordon > > -Original Message- > From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:56 AM > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.

RE: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
for us and it isn't trivial. ActionScript is more complex than MXML. - Gordon -Original Message- From: João Fernandes [mailto:joaopedromartinsfernan...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:53 AM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and

RE: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
I've seen the final spec. It should be easier to transcode AS4 to other languages, compared with AS3. - Gordon -Original Message- From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:56 AM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: To AS4 or not (wa

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/19/12 10:52 AM, "João Fernandes" wrote: > Alex, couldn't we simply use AS4 and have multiple target platforms ? Sure, but I think it will be a lot of work, for little gain. I'm waiting for the final AS4 spec. It might be harder to transcode it to other languages than AS3. -- Alex Har

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread João Fernandes
Alex, couldn't we simply use AS4 and have multiple target platforms ? Gordon, Adobe AS4 compiler won't be open sourced but would it be possible to adapt Falcon to target the new VM?

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/19/12 5:10 AM, "sébastien Paturel" wrote: > The question is what amount of work does it require to port from AS3 to > AS4 ? Significant. AS4 has made no promise to be backward compatible with AS3. > It does not seems that the difference is as big as between AS2 and AS3 > right? I think

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
I don't think Adobe has publicly disclosed details about AS4 yet, so I'll just say that there are significant changes from AS3. However, porting Flex would probably involve more work in adapting to the new runtime APIs than in adapting to the new language. Also, the AS4 compiler will not be ope

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-19 Thread sébastien Paturel
The question is what amount of work does it require to port from AS3 to AS4 ? It does not seems that the difference is as big as between AS2 and AS3 right? I don't understand, what you mean in fact. Is the work required is about to target stage3D by using starling2D as a rendering layer? or is

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-18 Thread Carlos Rovira
I think we only could evaluate AS4 when Adobe share more info about flash player next. Things like accesibility, localization, and others are key for Flex. Hope that info could be shared soon and hope as well internacionalization will be focus since I think is important in gamming too. 2012/10/19

Re: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-18 Thread Alex Harui
On 10/18/12 4:14 PM, "Om" wrote: > > I dont quite get the pessimism here. I am in fact glad that Adobe stopped > working on Flex and is concentrating more on the Virtual Machine and AS > language enhancements. Isnt that what we all wanted? > > Flash in AVM1 and AVM2 had all of the pieces

RE: To AS4 or not (was: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon)

2012-10-18 Thread Michael A. Labriola
>Even around AVM1 time, Flash Player was mostly known for games, intro sites >and splash screens. That dint prevent me or several others companies from >pushing Flash Player and build >shipping enterprise applications. Right, they did. So, if the new AVM takes off and becomes popular, we are in