imnotawino
11-13-2004, 02:58 PM
There a few features that J2ME has that would take Laszlo from a hobbyist toy to a real platform:
1. Threads. Would like to be able to offload some processing to a thread. Don't know if Flash can support that, though.
2. Stream I/O. Some web services exist as a stream (like stock quotes), and a Laslo app can't use them because the data isn't available to the app until the request is finished, which never happens with a stream. A thread at least would allow me to cancel a request (or close a connection) in order to access the data received. If not a stream, maybe a Connection.onchunk event that would allow the app to process data as it's received.
3. A Graphics API. Circles, squares, etc. Would make game programming much easier. I KNOW Flash can do this one...
4. A matrix of Flash/Flex vs. Laszlo features.
1. Threads. Would like to be able to offload some processing to a thread. Don't know if Flash can support that, though.
2. Stream I/O. Some web services exist as a stream (like stock quotes), and a Laslo app can't use them because the data isn't available to the app until the request is finished, which never happens with a stream. A thread at least would allow me to cancel a request (or close a connection) in order to access the data received. If not a stream, maybe a Connection.onchunk event that would allow the app to process data as it's received.
3. A Graphics API. Circles, squares, etc. Would make game programming much easier. I KNOW Flash can do this one...
4. A matrix of Flash/Flex vs. Laszlo features.