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November 03, 2005
Yahoo ups Flex
Yahoo ups Flex: I'm doing a Technorati trawl and coming across a good number of posts where the Yahoo Maps example was the writer's first notice of Flex 2.0... Barry LaChapelle above has a "new best friend" feeling... Simon Willison hadn't examined Flex before but found the syntax compelling... WeBreakStuff had been hearing about Flex, but the example entices... DAT also has Flex on the radar... Bill Rawlinson is aware of the difference between Flash and Flex... Hannes Moser doesn't mention Yahoo Maps but had his first sit-down session with Flex 2.0 alpha today. We're in an interesting place right now, where those who are familiar with the ZMZ announcements are very excited, but where it's off-the-radar of most of the webtech world... it's fascinating to see awareness start to seep into the general discussion.
Posted by John Dowdell at November 3, 2005 05:38 PM
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You know, the funny thing is I have tested Flex in the past but after seeing Yahoo! maps last night I went back to labs@macromedia and tested Flex 2 Alpha out. I am amazed.
This may very well restore my faith in macromedia - not that I don't like the work you guys do (I do), but you needed a bump in terms of a development suite.
Posted by: Fred Oliveira at November 3, 2005 06:27 PM
ebay ups flex!
-just wanted to beat you to the punch : )
no question today's announcement is the spark that starts the fire that burns down the web 1.0
it's also a nice feather in our cap that we had the vision to "up flex" 8 months ago...
great work team flex/macromedia!
barclay layman
www.interspot.com
Posted by: barclay layman at November 3, 2005 07:27 PM
Very cool indeed.
How long until the term "FleXML" is coined to combat the mighty "AJaX" buzzword? ;)
Posted by: steven mercatante at November 3, 2005 08:19 PM
You think Yahoo! up's the web, have a look at what these guys are doing !!
http://www.glidedigital.com/glidephoto/default.htm
Posted by: jason hawryluk at November 4, 2005 03:07 AM
Described, in passing, as "powerfully cool" in an article on current Java usage by Robert Cooper at O'Reilly.
Posted by: John Dowdell at November 5, 2005 10:53 AM
James Fee is "amazed at how easy it is to use" but refers to it as Flash, not Flex.
Posted by: John Dowdell at November 6, 2005 09:06 AM
Courtney Couch has been studying Flex 2.0 and is also favorably impressed.
Posted by: John Dowdell at November 6, 2005 02:21 PM