[geGIS] Flex in geomajas

[Pieter De Graef]

My problem is that if you want to create a full GIS application as if it 
were a desktop application, i'm afraid you will never be able to do this 
with VML.
In the tests i did, Flex was easily 20 times faster! That would mean we 
could really start developing for the future. When using VML it's always 
trying to keep it from crashing.

And that is not mentioning the development pains that come with internet 
explorer (and especially VML). It simply wasn't meant for the stuff 
we're doing with it.



Raes, Lieven schreef:
> >From a user perspective it's not easy to integrate flash. Most people in the public sector don't have the right to install any kind of software. A lot of the ideas behind geGIS/MAJAS are getting lost with the integration of flash.
>
> Lieven Raes 
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> Van: list-bounces op gegis.org [mailto:list-bounces op gegis.org] Namens Pieter De Graef
> Verzonden: maandag 23 februari 2009 9:39
> Aan: majas-users; majas-dev; list op gegis.org
> Onderwerp: [geGIS] Flex in geomajas
>
> 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
>
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Pieter De Graef

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