[UPHPU] Thoughts on Flex

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 30 Jan 2008, at 22:06, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:

>> Could be cool, but do you think promoting things like CF and FLEX  
>> are helping websites be cross platform/cross browser?
>
> Absolutely. Flash is 100% consistent between browsers and platforms.  
> That doesn't mean that it is the correct tool for every job however.
>
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>> Do you think flex offers more than what a good JS library could do?
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> Yes, but, I do not believe that Flex and AJAX are brothers.
>

I agree with Wade and Fred.  I too have recently started learning and  
using Flex.  It is an amazing tool.  With AMFPHP and web services Flex  
applications, in my opinion, are the wave of the future.  Adding Flex  
to your tool belt will certainly help your marketability.