Puffin Browser for Flex

[jnc <ss...@gmail.com>]

If you have Apple or Android smartphone/tablet please try PUFFIN browser
with amazing flash support; very smooth interface for all your flash and
Flex

This is a cloud solution and proxy server based. Would not meet any
stringent security appraisal.
but is amazing technology. For those initiated to Flex is a personal
opportunity.
If you like flash games it has mouse trackpad and also game pad.

I was recently recommended by a Swedish friend to try Puffin.

I am absolutely thrilled that it works fine for many apps in Flex I have
built

http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/flex/tourdeflex/web/ a fairly heavyweight
app works fine

Some fairly complex Flex apps I have written works fine; for example
http://ojnc.byethost11.com/reunion/reunion.html User r08 password 4616
http://mis.desconlimited.com/descats/descats.html compiled with latest
Apache Flex 4.10 compiler

Apache Flex Flash-Player 11.1 and swf-version 14 within Puffin limit!

A heaven sent opportunity for all Flex developers

There are lots of developers who find HTML5/JS a minefield and apps hard to
maintain
AIR solution is nice but means maintaining 2 versions; 1 an App and 1 a web
version
App licensing and deployment is pain; Web Flex is best as there are no
restrictions.

The combination of Puffin with Apache Flex is a winner if it captures all
developer imagination as it has mine.

Regards & Thanks
-jnc



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Re: Puffin Browser for Flex

[jnc <ss...@gmail.com>]

There will be use cases which suit Puffin and some which do not

1. Very low data entry apps where user logs in and then clicks radio buttons
check boxes 
and selects some dates and then view reports or charts is best 

Timesheet data entry is light and employees travelling or on tour can easily
use this.

2. Heavy data entry is anyway unsuitable for tablets and smartphones and
such apps best Windows/Mac via Chrome/Safari/Mozilla on desktops

3. "Legacy" Flex3 Flex 4.n apps may have use cases or there are no budgets
for AIR mobile conversion.
AIR Mobile does not support many MX controls and so Puffin is good choice
for this case

4. It does not work on private intranets

5. As it is cloud based cloudmosa.com can be an insecurity question 
as stuff travels through them. This may be from few technically minded
clients.

If APP is not banking or finance only MIS, is mostly read-only info then
objection not strong.

Uploads and updates and heavy data entry can be done from Windows/Macs via
Chrome/Safari etc
Moreover we can use Google TOTP 
So the seed known only to RDBMS server and user's mobile Google
Authenticator
is a level that 3rd party cannot ever know.

6. Puffin interface very nice like the RDP clients.
There is pinch and zoom so it is easy to click on date fields, check boxes
etc.

Regards
-jnc





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RE: Puffin Browser for Flex

[Maurice Amsellem <ma...@systar.com>]

I don't want to go against your enthusiasm,  but "works" does not mean "usable".
Tour de flex, and other flex apps I have tried with Puffin are barely usable, eg. on iPad 3.
Plus the fact that it's not touch enabled.
Moreover,  flash support in Puffin is disabled after 14 days, and you have to pay for it...

So it's certainly amazing from a technical standpoint, as you can see your app running on a mobile device without any modification, but you can't seriously expect users to adopt it.

IMO, the only viable option using Flex is to rethink your app for Mobile, and adapt it using Flex for mobile


>AIR solution is nice but means maintaining 2 versions.
Not necessarily.  The way I handle it is to have a "core" that is shared by both desktop and mobile, and UI differentiated for Flex and Mobile.
That works pretty much fine.

My two cents.

Maurice 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : jnc [mailto:ssscal@gmail.com] 
Envoyé : dimanche 17 novembre 2013 13:10
À : users@flex.apache.org
Objet : Puffin Browser for Flex

If you have Apple or Android smartphone/tablet please try PUFFIN browser with amazing flash support; very smooth interface for all your flash and Flex

This is a cloud solution and proxy server based. Would not meet any stringent security appraisal.
but is amazing technology. For those initiated to Flex is a personal opportunity.
If you like flash games it has mouse trackpad and also game pad.

I was recently recommended by a Swedish friend to try Puffin.

I am absolutely thrilled that it works fine for many apps in Flex I have built

http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/flex/tourdeflex/web/ a fairly heavyweight app works fine

Some fairly complex Flex apps I have written works fine; for example http://ojnc.byethost11.com/reunion/reunion.html User r08 password 4616 http://mis.desconlimited.com/descats/descats.html compiled with latest Apache Flex 4.10 compiler

Apache Flex Flash-Player 11.1 and swf-version 14 within Puffin limit!

A heaven sent opportunity for all Flex developers

There are lots of developers who find HTML5/JS a minefield and apps hard to maintain AIR solution is nice but means maintaining 2 versions; 1 an App and 1 a web version App licensing and deployment is pain; Web Flex is best as there are no restrictions.

The combination of Puffin with Apache Flex is a winner if it captures all developer imagination as it has mine.

Regards & Thanks
-jnc



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