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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:01:07 -0400
From: Michael Schmalle <apache@teotigraphix.com>
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Subject: Re: Cross-compiling Flex to HTML5/Javascript (Was : Update on
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Quoting Carlos Rovira <carlos.rovira@codeoscopic.com>:

> Hi Michael,
>
> you probably are right and we should continue to evolve Flex to
> continue going ahead of other technologies like HTML. Maybe FalconJS
> could have sense as a new project to develop in OOP and output HTML5
> based apps...something that HTML5 needs urgently since is its main
> problem IMHO. But this would need new people and focus on that target.
>
> Regarding Flex, our problem is basicaly unability to target mobile
> browsers. Something that could be overcome using AIR and deploying as
> a Native app...for some people a change of mind, but the same
> agressive that a change of technology (like going HTML5).

This is the SINGLE fact that remains a variable for me. I think  
targeting HTML5 for desktop browsers would be a joke. But creating  
something specifically for a mobile device that also was plugged into  
a native framework could be very compelling and if something was  
hashed out on a small prototype level. I certainty might entertain  
putting some time into this.


> So I think the future of Flex can be brighter than many people want us
> to think...

Since I have diversified my development in other technologies, I a  
coming back to Apache Flex and the Flash Player with a different  
perspective. I have a project that will make Apache Flex look really  
good in the Android sector. I already know some inherit benefits of  
the Flex framework on mobile and want to push those farther. At the  
same time using native technologies as well.

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Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC
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