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From: Sebastian Mohr <masuland@gmail.com>
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Subject: Design Tool Proposal: Thermo MK2 for Apache Flex
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 17:52:20 +0200
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Hi there,

because, it is probably easier for us to have something on the table, =
rather=20
then just to talk about it, I have created a small prototype with Flash =
Catalyst=20
CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.6. This proposed Design Tool [1] - codenamed=20=

Thermo MK2 - should be seen as a hybrid of Flash Catalyst CS5.5, the=20
"Design View" of Flash Builder 4.6 and the Eclipse IDE.

Things you can do with Thermo MK2 so far:
- Switching Perspectives (see top-right)
- Switching between Source- and Design-Mode (see text editor in the =
middle)

Things that Thermo MK2 should do:
- Thermo MK2 should detect [SkinParts] and [SkinStates] of =
SkinnableComponents.
- Thermo MK2 should be able to draw graphics in a FXG 2.0 [2] compliant =
way.
- Thermo MK2 should be able to import FXG files, Photoshop and =
Illustrator files.
- Thermo MK2 should be able to communicate via a certain API with Flash =
Builder 4.7 or other IDEs.
- Thermo MK2 should be able to visually manage and edit CSS files.
- Thermo MK2 should be able to visually link SkinnableComponents with =
their Skins inside CSS.
- Thermo MK2 should be clever about screen sizes (compare with Adobe =
Edge Reflow [2]).

The Data-Centric features are not necessarily needed=20
because other IDEs would be more appropriate for that.

That being said: These are the questions I have:
- Who could finance Thermo MK2?=20
- How many people are needed to build Thermo MK2?
- Which expertise is required to build Thermo MK2?
- When could Thermo MK2 be released (and sold) in its first version?=20

Hopefully, this leads the discussion into=20
something more concrete then it was before.


Sincerely Yours,

Sebastian Mohr
Apache Flex Developer (PPMC), =20
Interaction Designer & Musician
http://www.linkedin.com/in/masuland

[1] http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/ThermoMK2
[2] http://sourceforge.net/adobe/flexsdk/wiki/FXG%202.0%20Specification/
[3] http://html.adobe.com/edge/reflow/=20


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