Comments on: The Woes of Flex https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tech Tuesday: Skinning Flex Components - Part 1: CSS | Inside the Nerdery https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-166208 Tech Tuesday: Skinning Flex Components - Part 1: CSS | Inside the Nerdery Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:44:58 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-166208 [...] The Woes of Flex CSS in Flex is not real CSS at all Adobe Bug [...] [...] The Woes of Flex CSS in Flex is not real CSS at all Adobe Bug [...]

]]> By: cifey https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-68102 cifey Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:05:44 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-68102 Spent quite a few hours debugging somebodies implementation of the colspa n in flex2. Not sure it's really possible to use cell padding and get the lines right. Anyway flex3 here we come. I prefer javascript except for the cross browser annoyance. So flex should be a solid upgrade in that regard if they can keep all the styling and scripting uniform. Spent quite a few hours debugging somebodies implementation of the colspa n in flex2. Not sure it's really possible to use cell padding and get the lines right. Anyway flex3 here we come. I prefer javascript except for the cross browser annoyance. So flex should be a solid upgrade in that regard if they can keep all the styling and scripting uniform.

]]> By: Mike Brunt https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-20769 Mike Brunt Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:45:54 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-20769 Barney, it is always good to read your posts and comments and I wonder what will emerge out of all this evolution of web apps? There is no doubt that we need more functionality than HTML can provide and there is not that much choice yet; Ajax and Flex. Flex can be awkward to use in comparison to HTML but done well the end user experience is usually worth any difficulties in coding. Let's see what Flex 3 evolves into. Barney, it is always good to read your posts and comments and I wonder what will emerge out of all this evolution of web apps? There is no doubt that we need more functionality than HTML can provide and there is not that much choice yet; Ajax and Flex.

Flex can be awkward to use in comparison to HTML but done well the end user experience is usually worth any difficulties in coding. Let's see what Flex 3 evolves into.

]]> By: Jake Munson https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-20702 Jake Munson Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:06:11 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-20702 GASP! Somebody said something bad about Flex!! Seriously, I have never heard anything but glowing reviews from all the rabid Adobe fans who think Adobe is God and can do no wrong. I'm glad to hear a down-to-earth unbiased point of view. I don't think your statements would necessarily steer me away from Flex, but at least I'd be more willing to wait for version 3. GASP! Somebody said something bad about Flex!!

Seriously, I have never heard anything but glowing reviews from all the rabid Adobe fans who think Adobe is God and can do no wrong. I'm glad to hear a down-to-earth unbiased point of view. I don't think your statements would necessarily steer me away from Flex, but at least I'd be more willing to wait for version 3.

]]> By: Ben https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-20657 Ben Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:25:40 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-20657 You should be happy. You can use font-family. :) I agree with what you say, the Flex framework can get annoying pretty fast if your application requirements do not fit exactly to the framework. You should be happy. You can use font-family. :)

I agree with what you say, the Flex framework can get annoying pretty fast if your application requirements do not fit exactly to the framework.

]]> By: Gonzo Bork https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-20637 Gonzo Bork Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:56:11 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-20637 Well, the grass is always greener.... Have you actually used any of the javacript toolkits like Backbase, SmartClient, Dojo Widgets, or ExtJs? With these, you get a whole new set of problems to solve. Don't give up on Flex. Well, the grass is always greener…. Have you actually used any of the javacript toolkits like Backbase, SmartClient, Dojo Widgets, or ExtJs?

With these, you get a whole new set of problems to solve. Don't give up on Flex.

]]> By: jnorm https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-20631 jnorm Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:19:44 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-20631 I wonder if the lack of cascading isn't somewhat intentional. I have heard Ajax developers saying "love the styles/ hate the cascade". I wonder if the lack of cascading isn't somewhat intentional. I have heard Ajax developers saying "love the styles/ hate the cascade".

]]> By: Matt https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-20622 Matt Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:06:38 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/06/13/the-woes-of-flex/#comment-20622 Hi, Definitely file the issues that you find frustrating at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex. Maybe there are things we can do about them. Styling is definitely something we would like to improve, though as you know from Flex 3 we haven't changed the model that much in this release. Matt Adobe Hi,

Definitely file the issues that you find frustrating at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex. Maybe there are things we can do about them. Styling is definitely something we would like to improve, though as you know from Flex 3 we haven't changed the model that much in this release.

Matt
Adobe

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