[geGIS] [Majas-users] Flex in geomajas

[Dirk Frigne]

Karel,

This idea is still feasible, and considering the comments on this tread from
the people of the public government, I think we should consider to develop
in that direction. Maybe a topic to be discussed further on a BOF on the
next technical meeting (I just set the date for this event on 7 april 2009
in Hasselt - invitation will follow by mail shortly ...)



Sincerely,
Dirk Frigne
Geosparc n.v.
http://www.geosparc.com
sponsor of http://www.geomajas.org 
Vote for the Geomajas project on http://freshmeat.net/projects/geomajas/



> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: majas-users-bounces op geomajas.org [mailto:majas-users-
> bounces op geomajas.org] Namens Karel Maesen
> Verzonden: dinsdag 24 februari 2009 13:09
> Aan: pieter.degraef op geosparc.com
> CC: majas-users; list op gegis.org; majas-dev
> Onderwerp: Re: [Majas-users] Flex in geomajas
> 
> Hi Pieter,
> 
> VML is obviously a pain to work with. SVG/Javascript on the other
> hand is going to get a performance boost on browsers like Firefox and
> Chrome.
> 
> We discussed in the past whether a design was possible  with a common
> core Javascript framework and "pluggable" renderers. Then we could
> have a  Flash-renderer (for IE6 and other older browsers) and SVG for
> the newer ones. Is that idea still feasable?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Karel
> 
> 
> 
> On 23 Feb 2009, at 09:38, Pieter De Graef wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > i've been running tests on using Flex as a mapping technology for
> > geomajas. The first results seem very promising: it is very fast and
> > relatively easy to program for. Besides, Flex (or flash) has a market
> > penetration of over 90% (flash 9 that is).
> > The downside is that the bridge between Javascript and Flex'
> > ActionScript is slow. So we should avoid sending large datastreams
> > (large amount of features) over it.
> >
> > Anyway, the main question it wanted to ask on this list, is this:
> > how commited is everyone to browser built-in technologies (such as VML
> > in Internet explorer or SVG in FireFox)?
> >
> > We could for example simply throw out both VML and SVG, and replace
> > them
> > both with flex, but i am afraid that many companies' IT sections will
> > object to geomajas requiring a plugin to work...
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pieter De Graef
> >
> > GeoSparc nv.
> > http://www.geosparc.com/
> >
> > Sponsor of: http://www.geomajas.org/
> >
> >
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