Comments on: Dutch Flex User Group http://www.wolkje.net/2008/04/17/dutch-flex-user-group/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dutch-flex-user-group software development and life. Mon, 13 May 2013 18:43:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martin Sturm http://www.wolkje.net/2008/04/17/dutch-flex-user-group/comment-page-1/#comment-58292 Martin Sturm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:00:45 +0000 http://www.wolkje.net/?p=285#comment-58292 Hi, I understand that you want to demonstrate the capabilities of Flex, but this site doesn't. It is just a regular site, but instead of using the normal HTML/JavaScript/PHP/Python/Perl/Java/whatever stack, it is implemented in Flex. I don't get the benefits of implementing such a site using Flex. I could understand it when the site contained features which were impossible (or hard) to implement using HTML and/or Javascript, but that isn't also the case. Using Flex, in this case, reduces the accessibility and adds another requirement to the browser of the visitor without adding any value whatsoever. Using Flex adds nothing, but decreases the user experience. Therefore, this is a bad example of using Flex and does more harm than good to the image of Flex (which is, I think, maybe the biggest problem of Flex at the moment... because Flash has a bad reputation caused by the sites that were completely implemented in Flash in the past). Hi,
I understand that you want to demonstrate the capabilities of Flex, but this site doesn’t. It is just a regular site, but instead of using the normal HTML/JavaScript/PHP/Python/Perl/Java/whatever stack, it is implemented in Flex. I don’t get the benefits of implementing such a site using Flex. I could understand it when the site contained features which were impossible (or hard) to implement using HTML and/or Javascript, but that isn’t also the case.
Using Flex, in this case, reduces the accessibility and adds another requirement to the browser of the visitor without adding any value whatsoever. Using Flex adds nothing, but decreases the user experience. Therefore, this is a bad example of using Flex and does more harm than good to the image of Flex (which is, I think, maybe the biggest problem of Flex at the moment… because Flash has a bad reputation caused by the sites that were completely implemented in Flash in the past).

]]> By: Gerdt Brouwer http://www.wolkje.net/2008/04/17/dutch-flex-user-group/comment-page-1/#comment-58291 Gerdt Brouwer Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:52:01 +0000 http://www.wolkje.net/?p=285#comment-58291 Hi Martin, thanks for blog about FLUGR, glad to read you started with Flex as well. As for the website of FLUGR, since it is a flex user group it is quite normal to make a site with Flex and not with GWT, PHP, HTML and javascript (wow, you just blow away the cross browser strength of Flex), Silverlight etc. Therefor, is it a must? No. Is it a shame? No. It's Flex. Even Google is able to add the content to it's engine. Finally, with flashplayer 9 there is no more "skip intro" as in 1999. 93% of all internet users has the right player already installed. Is Flex 3 the end? No, it's the beginning of the new kind of RIA's like Sliverlight and JavaFX. As it will evolve even the mouse wheel will be enabled :) Hope to see you at FLUGR, june 13th Hi Martin,

thanks for blog about FLUGR, glad to read you started with Flex as well.

As for the website of FLUGR,
since it is a flex user group it is quite normal to make a site with Flex and not with GWT, PHP, HTML and javascript (wow, you just blow away the cross browser strength of Flex), Silverlight etc.
Therefor, is it a must? No.
Is it a shame? No.
It’s Flex.

Even Google is able to add the content to it’s engine.
Finally, with flashplayer 9 there is no more “skip intro” as in 1999. 93% of all internet users has the right player already installed.
Is Flex 3 the end? No, it’s the beginning of the new kind of RIA’s like Sliverlight and JavaFX. As it will evolve even the mouse wheel will be enabled :)

Hope to see you at FLUGR, june 13th

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