[geGIS] List Verzamelmail, Volume 18, Nummer 2

[Pieter Roggemans]

I follow the idea of the others that replied. The fact that it isn't
necessary to install a plugin is one of the most important advantages
from MAJAS/GeGIS. In a lot of professional environments it is not
allowed for normal users to install plugins... 

The advantages offered by flex would have to be very big to throw away
the advantage of not needing any plugin.

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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