Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26C2BD99E for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 82175 invoked by uid 500); 29 Aug 2012 19:20:00 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 82153 invoked by uid 500); 29 Aug 2012 19:20:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 82143 invoked by uid 99); 29 Aug 2012 19:20:00 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:20:00 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.167.159.180] (HELO mail.digitalprimates.net) (66.167.159.180) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:19:52 +0000 Received: from DPSBS1.digitalprimates.local ([fe80::5823:d1b4:86c2:3ad0]) by DPSBS1.digitalprimates.local ([fe80::5823:d1b4:86c2:3ad0%22]) with mapi id 14.01.0289.001; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:19:31 -0500 From: "Michael A. Labriola" To: "flex-dev@incubator.apache.org" Subject: RE: Cross-compiling Flex to HTML5/Javascript (Was : Update on Falcon donation) Thread-Topic: Cross-compiling Flex to HTML5/Javascript (Was : Update on Falcon donation) Thread-Index: AQHNhX/FdShDzjx4DU+1/CmozeR2cZdwTuYAgABu+JCAAIB8AIAAIkeAgAAPp4D//7prMA== Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:19:29 +0000 Message-ID: References: <149F8129B58B2D418508E63117D9C5419B3A6E3C61@nambx05.corp.adobe.com> <5AFAEF43-03C2-4782-80DF-0C9341EA6912@lndgrn.se> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [216.245.229.195] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org >Can you please elaborate? >The point I was trying to make was that HTML5 language itself is not desig= ned to be extensible. Using Javascript does not really count (in this >context) >As far as using the DOM, I assume you mean the Microdata format. This res= ults in non-standard HTML most of the time and is not supported across brow= sers. And it deals more with extending data semantics and >not functional = extension. In flex, IMO, we worried too much about extension and not enough about comp= osition. So long as I have a good series of patterns (and the discipline to= follow them) then I can look at the HTML DOM elements as the Atoms of the = universe and assembly them with some bonds (JavaScript) to make an element.= And then in turn assemble those to make any application. So, the key is not trying to extend the Atom but trying to assemble it in u= seful ways and allow those to be extended or recomposed. So far, I have fou= nd few limitations of this approach and often times ended up much happier. Mike