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October 18, 2004
Macromedia Flex 1.5
Macromedia Flex 1.5: Lots of people have already linked to the press release, and to this Breeze presentation by Lucian Beebe of new features -- it's sections 6 and 7 here which actually have the meat. The FAQ has some sections updated, but I expect more info when 1.5 actually ships next month. I'd guess this Flex news is more for informational reasons for people reading this blog, because the tool is aimed at enterprise developers, and most Flex apps seem to be for intranets now than for the internet.Why am I blogging it? Couple of reasons... this release illustrates how new projects change more rapidly, how we see faster cycles on new tools as the creators get steered by the people who use them. Also because, if you check Lucian's Slide 6 in the presentation, we're starting to see how XML-based UI tools (Mozilla, Longhorn, Laszlo, Xamlon, MyXAML, etc) will be distinguished more by the components and user experiences they offer than the (currently novel) fact that they all eat XML and output some type of web-deliverable file. (Analogy: A Fiat and a bicycle are both made of iron, but...) Business applications are a good first area for such high-level XML abstraction, because we know that data fields and data displays are pretty constant across tools... we're also starting to see other generic UI devices (video controls, chat fields, etc), but business apps seem to have the highest proportion of generic UI elements.
Posted by John Dowdell at October 18, 2004 2:06 PM
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