All Things Flex, Flash, and ActionScript

Not that I have any serious comments to any particular app, but it is interesting to see what other people’s take to user experience is when coming up with a RIA for interacting primarily in a passive way (mostly reading vs. active data entry on the user’s part). A few of them have even taken the time to really pay attention to the aesthetics of how their application looks and content is delivered.

I suppose mine can be added to this list in about a month or so, at least in alpha form. Once I get it mostly bug free, I’ll start working on aspects of being able to ‘build/modify/style’ your own with source.

For anyone who’s curious, here’s a snapshot of where it currently stands, but still has some styles / skins / icons to be done.

FlexPress snapshot pre-alpha

Mike Britton’s RandomUSA

Algirdas’: Incito

Ak33m’s http://ak33m.com/?cat=2

Arpit’s http://www.arpitonline.com/blog/?p=51

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