[geGIS] [Majas-users] Flex in geomajas

[Karel Maesen]

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
>
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