Comments on: More “Flex” to “Flash” Worries http://www.maximporges.com/2009/05/18/more-flex-to-flash-worries/ Winning At Yelling Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:13:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Maxim Porges http://www.maximporges.com/2009/05/18/more-flex-to-flash-worries/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Maxim Porges Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://www.maximporges.com/?p=306#comment-392 I would agree with you if there weren't a bunch of other tools with the name "Flash" in front of them. The distinction between design tool and scripting tool has been lost.<br /><br />At this point, the entire argument is moot anyway - Adobe has gone ahead with the change, and they don't seem to have any intention of changing direction. With any luck, they are heading toward a more unified tool suite so that the distinction itself becomes moot one day as well.<br /><br />- max I would agree with you if there weren't a bunch of other tools with the name "Flash" in front of them. The distinction between design tool and scripting tool has been lost.

At this point, the entire argument is moot anyway – Adobe has gone ahead with the change, and they don't seem to have any intention of changing direction. With any luck, they are heading toward a more unified tool suite so that the distinction itself becomes moot one day as well.

- max

]]> By: Steve http://www.maximporges.com/2009/05/18/more-flex-to-flash-worries/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Steve Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.maximporges.com/?p=306#comment-391 To me, it makes plenty of sense to call it "Flash Builder" You don't have use Flex to use the tool. Today, I use "Flex Builder" to build pure AS3 swf files more often than I use it to build Flex applications. "Flash Builder" really is a more accurate name for it. And with the new version it will be even easier to leverage alternative (non Flex) UI frameworks in the IDE To me, it makes plenty of sense to call it "Flash Builder" You don't have use Flex to use the tool. Today, I use "Flex Builder" to build pure AS3 swf files more often than I use it to build Flex applications. "Flash Builder" really is a more accurate name for it. And with the new version it will be even easier to leverage alternative (non Flex) UI frameworks in the IDE

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