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<feed xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Simon Willison's Weblog: flex</title><link href="http://simonwillison.net/" rel="alternate"/><link href="http://simonwillison.net/tags/flex.atom" rel="self"/><id>http://simonwillison.net/</id><updated>2008-09-11T20:33:07+00:00</updated><author><name>Simon Willison</name></author><entry><title>The TimeToLead.eu technical stack: Django and Flex</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/11/graceful/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2008-09-11T20:33:07+00:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T20:33:07+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/11/graceful/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpstacey.info/blog/2008/09/11/the-timetoleadeu-technical-stack-django-and-flex/"&gt;The TimeToLead.eu technical stack: Django and Flex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Nice case study of a site using Django’s i18n support along with django-rosetta.


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django"&gt;django&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/i18n"&gt;i18n&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jp-stacey"&gt;jp-stacey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python"&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rosetta"&gt;rosetta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/timetolead"&gt;timetolead&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/torchbox"&gt;torchbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



</summary><category term="django"/><category term="flex"/><category term="i18n"/><category term="jp-stacey"/><category term="python"/><category term="rosetta"/><category term="timetolead"/><category term="torchbox"/></entry><entry><title>What the Heck is the Open Web?</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jul/22/openweb/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2008-07-22T01:33:54+00:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T01:33:54+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jul/22/openweb/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://codinginparadise.org/weblog/2008/07/what-heck-is-open-web.html"&gt;What the Heck is the Open Web?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Brad Neuberg is seeking a two sentence definition. Bonus points for answering the following: “If Adobe were to open source Flex/Flash, or Microsoft Silverlight, would that be the Open Web? If so, why? If not, why not?”


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/brad-neuberg"&gt;brad-neuberg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash"&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source"&gt;open-source&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openweb"&gt;openweb&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/silverlight"&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



</summary><category term="brad-neuberg"/><category term="flash"/><category term="flex"/><category term="open-source"/><category term="openweb"/><category term="silverlight"/></entry><entry><title>VectorMagic</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/28/vectormagic/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2007-10-28T11:46:44+00:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T11:46:44+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/28/vectormagic/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/"&gt;VectorMagic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Neat online tool (with a Flex frontend) for tracing bitmap images in to vectors, based on research at the Stanford AI lab.


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash"&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/graphics"&gt;graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/images"&gt;images&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/stanford"&gt;stanford&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vectormagic"&gt;vectormagic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vectors"&gt;vectors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



</summary><category term="flash"/><category term="flex"/><category term="graphics"/><category term="images"/><category term="stanford"/><category term="vectormagic"/><category term="vectors"/></entry><entry><title>Dell to Offer Ubuntu</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2007/May/1/dell/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2007-05-01T18:39:44+00:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T18:39:44+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2007/May/1/dell/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu"&gt;Dell to Offer Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
That right there is why I find Flex more interesting than Silverlight.


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dell"&gt;dell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash"&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux"&gt;linux&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/silverlight"&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu"&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



</summary><category term="dell"/><category term="flash"/><category term="flex"/><category term="linux"/><category term="silverlight"/><category term="ubuntu"/></entry><entry><title>Adobe open sources Flex</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2007/Apr/26/ted/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2007-04-26T11:24:00+00:00</published><updated>2007-04-26T11:24:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2007/Apr/26/ted/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/25/adobe-open-sources-flex/"&gt;Adobe open sources Flex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Ted Leung says that this might indicate the possibility of Adobe open sourcing Flash itself in the future.


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/adobe"&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash"&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source"&gt;open-source&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ted-leung"&gt;ted-leung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



</summary><category term="adobe"/><category term="flash"/><category term="flex"/><category term="open-source"/><category term="ted-leung"/></entry><entry><title>Flash vs. Ajax: It's time to expand your toolbox</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/20/danwebbnet/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2007-03-20T09:49:27+00:00</published><updated>2007-03-20T09:49:27+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/20/danwebbnet/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.danwebb.net/2007/3/20/flash-vs-ajax-it-s-time-to-expand-your-toolbox"&gt;Flash vs. Ajax: It&amp;#x27;s time to expand your toolbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Dan Webb offers his smart, pragmatic take on the Flash vs. Ajax permathread.


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ajax"&gt;ajax&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dan-webb"&gt;dan-webb&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash"&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



</summary><category term="ajax"/><category term="dan-webb"/><category term="flash"/><category term="flex"/></entry><entry><title>Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/2/ted/#atom-tag" rel="alternate"/><published>2007-03-02T13:01:55+00:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T13:01:55+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/2/ted/#atom-tag</id><summary type="html">
    
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/03/01/adobe-wants-to-be-the-microsoft-of-the-web/"&gt;Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
The base platform technology for RIAs is too important to be controlled or designed by any single party.


    &lt;p&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/adobe"&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash"&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex"&gt;flex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rias"&gt;rias&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ted-leung"&gt;ted-leung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



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