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Flex was better than anything in use for web front end to this day, imo. Aside from requiring Flash, but iirc targeting HTML/js as an output format was on the r
by brandonmenc 8y ago
Flex was better than anything in use for web front end to this day, imo. Aside from requiring Flash, but iirc targeting HTML/js as an output format was on the roadmap.
- cforcloud 8y agoWe have Apache Royale https://royale.apache.org/ https://royale.apache.org/ for that. Compile your Flex MXML + ActionScript to HTML + JS and more.
- anothergoogler 8y agoYet, as a user, there's nothing I dreaded more than the all-Flash application. Binary blob, no integration with the OS, and accessibility was an afterthought. Basic things like highlighting text to copy, tabbing between controls, Enter to submit, would not work. We should take care to not view the history of Flash through rose-tinted glasses.