Comments on: Why blist Chose Flex and Flash http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:59:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Vineet A http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Vineet A Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:32:54 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-5561 Kevin, I am new to flex 3.0. Your article has a good info n something new to read. do you where i can more post about such comparisons between RIA technologies...??? Kevin,
I am new to flex 3.0. Your article has a good info n something new to read. do you where i can more post about such comparisons between RIA technologies…???

]]> By: links for 2008-03-04 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-169 links for 2008-03-04 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:24:14 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-169 [...] Why blist Chose Flex and Flash Many have commented about our elegant user interface and its richness for a web-based application. A number of folks have asked about our decision at blist to use Flash instead of AJAX or Silverlight or AIR. (tags: Flash adobeintegratedruntime blist) [...] [...] Why blist Chose Flex and Flash Many have commented about our elegant user interface and its richness for a web-based application. A number of folks have asked about our decision at blist to use Flash instead of AJAX or Silverlight or AIR. (tags: Flash adobeintegratedruntime blist) [...]

]]> By: ckeene http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-171 ckeene Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:27:22 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-171 Unfortunately, you make a lot of sense :-( At WaveMaker, we have been pushing the Dojo toolkit hard - with think with Dojo 1.0 and our open-source Visual Ajax Studio, Ajax is ready for its closeup, but given that you made your decision in the first half of '07, you definitely made the right choice. Unfortunately, you make a lot of sense :-(

At WaveMaker, we have been pushing the Dojo toolkit hard – with think with Dojo 1.0 and our open-source Visual Ajax Studio, Ajax is ready for its closeup, but given that you made your decision in the first half of ‘07, you definitely made the right choice.

]]> By: Kevin Merritt http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Kevin Merritt Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:33:45 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-168 @Robert, We did look at OpenLaszlo, but at that time there was a lot of weirdness around it being privately held and reasonably neutral as relates to Adobe, then the decision to open source it, causing some strife between the Laszlo folks and Adobe. For those reasons, combined with some technical ones, I ruled it out. @Robert,

We did look at OpenLaszlo, but at that time there was a lot of weirdness around it being privately held and reasonably neutral as relates to Adobe, then the decision to open source it, causing some strife between the Laszlo folks and Adobe. For those reasons, combined with some technical ones, I ruled it out.

]]> By: David Tucker - Web Development Goodness » Blog Archive » Great Post on Why Flex and ActionScript http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-167 David Tucker - Web Development Goodness » Blog Archive » Great Post on Why Flex and ActionScript Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:36:09 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-167 [...] of Atlanta getting ready for 360Flex, and I was reading through some blog posts, and I spotted this one on why Blist chose Flash/Flex/ActionScript. Great read for anyone developing in Flex/Flash/AS3 as [...] [...] of Atlanta getting ready for 360Flex, and I was reading through some blog posts, and I spotted this one on why Blist chose Flash/Flex/ActionScript. Great read for anyone developing in Flex/Flash/AS3 as [...]

]]> By: Robert Yeager http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Robert Yeager Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:13:33 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-166 Too bad you didn't give OpenLaszlo a whirl, as it makes Flash development easier than with Flex and can also generate DHTML/AJAX. Now, you are locked into Flash as a runtime...so no iPhone support or ability to take advantage of other runtimes OpenLaszlo will offer down the road...perhaps including Silverlight when it matures. Too bad you didn’t give OpenLaszlo a whirl, as it makes Flash development easier than with Flex and can also generate DHTML/AJAX.

Now, you are locked into Flash as a runtime…so no iPhone support or ability to take advantage of other runtimes OpenLaszlo will offer down the road…perhaps including Silverlight when it matures.

]]> By: You know how you stumble across something….. | Emak Mafu Labs Blog http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-165 You know how you stumble across something….. | Emak Mafu Labs Blog Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:58:42 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-165 [...] I started off yesterday by adding all of the blog roles of the most popular flex blogs to my rss reader, so basically finding all the best blogs by association (you know the bit were they link to the blogs they read). After that I began skimming though them looking for something to read, and found an article recommended by Ryan Stewart about Why blist chose Flex and Flash, which reminded me that I had signed up for the beta for blist and so proceeded to read the post. [...] [...] I started off yesterday by adding all of the blog roles of the most popular flex blogs to my rss reader, so basically finding all the best blogs by association (you know the bit were they link to the blogs they read). After that I began skimming though them looking for something to read, and found an article recommended by Ryan Stewart about Why blist chose Flex and Flash, which reminded me that I had signed up for the beta for blist and so proceeded to read the post. [...]

]]> By: Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer » Why blist chose Flex and Flash http://blog.socrata.com/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer » Why blist chose Flex and Flash Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:19:26 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/23/why-blist-chose-flex-and-flash/#comment-170 [...] Merrit, the CEO of blist, wrote up his thoughts about why the company chose Flex/Flash over other alternatives and even why he didn’t decide [...] [...] Merrit, the CEO of blist, wrote up his thoughts about why the company chose Flex/Flash over other alternatives and even why he didn’t decide [...]

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