September 26, 2007
Small Changes to the Flex Showcase
We've received a ton of great feedback on the launch of the new Flex showcase at Flex.org. Did you know that there are over 90 live Flex applications in the Flex Showcase already, and we only launched a few days ago! Thanks very much for everyone who has sent feedback either via blog comments or email.
We're working on implementing the new features for the showcase, but we were able to do one thing yesterday that a lot of people requested.
We've removed the new Flex Showcase from launching in a new window, and now have it on the same page as the old Flex showcase, at flex.org/showcase/. Doing that solves a few problems. First, it makes it easier to see all the Flex applications - you don't need to click on a link to see anything. Secondly, this solves a problem with launching new windows in Firefox that were opening up in the pop up window for some people.
Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming. And if you haven't added your application to the Flex Showcase yet, what are you waiting for? (Flex based AIR applications are also welcome!)
-Mike Potter
Posted by flexteam2 at 06:45 AM | Comments (2)
September 19, 2007
A Flex App For Flex.org - The New Flex Showcase
Today we launched the new Flex Showcase on Flex.org, and are using a Flex based application created by Teknision for the UI. Finally, a Flex application on Flex.org! The new Flex showcase is powered by Drupal, an open source PHP framework on the backend. The project has taken 4 months to complete, but we're really happy about the new look to it.
The showcase improves on a number of areas from the previous showcase. First of all, developers can manage their own applications - you decide on the screenshots, description, title etc... Secondly, you can put much more information into your entry. The description field can be longer than the few lines we had, you can have multiple screenshots and longer titles. Lastly, you can easily categorize your application based on your industry, and what technology you're using. If you can't find categories to describe your entry, you can always add as many tags as you like.
Visitors to the Flex Showcase will notice that its really easy to filter based on technology or industry, so you can now find that Flex and Java application in the financial services sector to show as a sample of what can be done. Tags are another way of easily finding applications - you can now find all the video applications easily.
Visitors will also be able to add comments to the applications, as well as vote for them if they like them. A small way to provide feedback on the applications that are in the showcase.
The original showcase had over 120 entries in it, and we've moved about 75 of them over to the new showcase. If yours isn't in the new one, feel free to add it now, and let the world know how many Flex applications there are.
What do you think of the new Flex Showcase?
-Mike Potter
Posted by flexteam2 at 02:49 PM | Comments (15)
April 04, 2007
Flex.org Showcase Available As RSS Feed
Just a quick note that I've made a small change to the Flex.org website. You can now subscribe to an RSS feed for all the Showcase applications. The feed will include every item on the Showcase page. This is an easy way to keep up to date with items that we add to the Showcase. If you'd like to submit an application, just tag it with "flex.org" on del.icio.us.
Posted by flexteam2 at 11:49 AM | Comments (7)