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Nov 18, 2008 2:51 AM
I would really love to say how great Jamjar is, but I
actually just didn't like the experience of using it. It is slow,
clunky and cramped, and in spite of the heavy prompting, it isn't
at all easy to figure out what you're supposed to do.
Adobe describe Jamjar as "visually attractive". Why is it
that in RIA's, "visually attractive" often seems to mean 'designed
to appeal to children'? They've done a great job of the graphics,
but this 'happy, bright, cartoon-like' thing is becoming corny,
fast. If desktop apps looked like this, no one would use them.
Another thing. Flex apps are often 'Jam' packed full of
effects. Flex needs to get beyond this. For a while, it's been
stuck somewhere between the 'blink tag' and early visual basic
applications. A little goes a long way.
