General
Welcome to the Flex Community Forum. This is a place for the community to discuss ideas and submissions for the Open Source Flex SDK. Start a new topic if you have something you would like to share. Comment on existing discussions if you have something to add. Vote if you want to support silently.
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Have a governing committee
I'd like some say in who is driving this train. My recommendation would be for a dozen committee members voted on by members of the Flex Community.
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provide much better HTML integration
Flex integrates very well into HTML, thanks to ExternalInterface and the whole JavaScript bridging thing.
But the other way around is still a big pain and there's no viable option to implement things like a visual HTML email editor or a mini-Word inside a web application. RichTextEditor is just a shame, iFrame-based workaround are not portable, and Webkit integration is only available in AIR. We need to find a way to integrate a real HTML renderer into the Flash plugin with corresponding components in the Flex SDK, even if it means making it possible to install extensions onto the Flash… more18 votes -
have community teams
There are lots of ways the community can support the Flex SDK. But fixes, planning, documentation on the wiki. There are already individuals on the flex team that are responsible for these tasks but with help from the community we can get more done.
I propose a set of contribution teams that would be led by one or more adobe personnel but with discussion on a public forum. Each them would then have community members that lead also. And anyone can provide input on the topics because the discussion is public.
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Is it time to start flex 5?
In the discussion today on the flex community forum Heidi Williams said in a response to the question "how can we get involved" that the structure of the project is pretty well set for flex 4. And that the changes which include the open community involvement will likely happen in the flex 5 time frame. Flex 5 is supposed to include a re-write of the framework to make it more light weight.
So the question is do we try to make enough noise to try to get them to open up the process for flex 4. Or do we start… more
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Provide global error handling
There is currently no way to prevent uncaught RTEs from being displayed to users with the debug player, or simply being swallowed for everyone else. Uncaught RTEs can cause an application to become very unstable, and while liberal use of try...catch might help, you can't catch errors that occur asynchronously. I know there might be some Flash Player limitations involved, but us Flex guys are the ones suffering the most... and don't you all work for the same company anyway?
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Is this the right place for community feedback
Is having something for the community that is not controlled by the community a good idea? What are your thoughts.
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