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January 31, 2007

Want To See Adobe Flex At Its Best?


This blog is becoming awfully barren as of late, and, despite my best efforts to stay active, it has been close to impossible to post entries due to the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day. However, I'm incredibly proud to finally show off what keeps me and my co-workers at Cynergy so busy.

Today we launched Cynergy TV, an interactive Flex-based channel where we will be publishing all sorts of showcases, flex tips, tricks, etc., that we hope will benefit the Adobe Flex community. As an employee at Cynergy, I'm incredibly excited to see where we take this, and I definitely plan on contributing as we move forward with the initiative.

So what's this about "Adobe Flex at its best?" Well, "episode 1" showcases some of our most engaging applications. I've noticed several flexcoders and blog posts from people who don't think Adobe Flex is verstaile-enough to be taken seriously or is limiting in its design. I simply disagree, and I hope that these showcases will provide some inspiration for you to create some truly interactive solutions. Our showcases really exhibit Adobe Flex at its best. From ColdFusion to Java to .NET, we've created high-impact solutions that integrate with all sorts of back-end systems.

Are you a developer who has worked with Flex or AJAX on some level and is interested in joining the industry leader in Rich Internet Applications? Shoot us an e-mail with your resume. We really want to hear from you. As it says all over our corporate web site, "Let's Talk." ;)

Posted By Dave on January 31, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Related Categories: Cynergy Systems, Marketing, ColdFusion, Flex, Technology, Adobe
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Rachel Maxim's Gravatar Dave this is really bool - is this something you worked on? Really impressive. And it's about time that someone came up with a better MLS application! Congratulations on the launch.
# Posted By Rachel Maxim on 2/1/07 at 9:50 AM
Teddy R Payne's Gravatar I really enjoyed viewing this example of Flex power. The reflective component and rotating navigation work very well together. It showed a great deal of attention to detail and probably a lot of work to get the component to work just right.

My one critcism is the viewing of the case studies.

I felt this divereted the attention of the user away from the central "brochureware" piece of the site.

I am not sure of your phases on the project, but it would have been nice to show case study information in a scrollable area that transitioned from the video to a content piece in the Flex application.

You could offer a download of a more detailed case study, preserve the email to recieve more information and/or put a button that warned the user of a window spawn to prepare them that they should come back to the Flex piece after you are done reading. Newer browsers will load these in new tabs if you are a tabbed browser user either focused on the new content or unfocused in a new tab.

The more you can keep them in the central Flex goodness, the more engaged you can keep them.

Very nice Flex useage, beautiful graphics and good use of space and color.

My apologies if the criticism is off base as I do not know of your future plans for the project.

Cheers,
Teddy
# Posted By Teddy R Payne on 2/1/07 at 10:12 AM
Dave Carabetta's Gravatar @Rachel: No, I didn't work directly on these particular projects. However, this is just the first in a series of case studies that we plan on releasing and I know that my work will be coming out for public viewing soon!

@Teddy: You never have to apologize for constructive criticism. At least, that's my thinking. I've taken your feedback and circulated in internally and we're definitely going to consider it in our next revision of the site. Thanks for the feedback!
# Posted By Dave Carabetta on 2/3/07 at 6:37 PM
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