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Hi;

I'm a developper but also a web designer.
And I'm a beginner with Flex...
But I am frustrated with the possibilities of design of Flex.
All Flex applications I saw have same look: great buttons and input
fields, great gap between lines. Every elements are great: these
applications look like Fisher-price toys ! (you know ? Toys for children)

Yes, the http://www.scalenine.com/ shows beautiful themes. But all
components have same size !

A have made a click-model for an application in HTML, and now I must
write it with Flex: I loose 1/3 of my page because I can't reduce gab
between lines, I can't reduce padding between the label and the border
of the buttons, ... (oh yes I can reduce all elements: but labels and
texts become trucanted !)

- Does a solution exist?
- Can someone show me a Flex site where there is a real work of design?
- Can I expect improvements with Flex 3.0 ?

Thank's




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Hi; I'm a developper but also a web designer. And I'm a beginner with Flex... But I am frustrated with the possibilities of design of Flex. All Flex...
Paul Barbieux
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Jan 28, 2007
3:14 pm

Paul, Great subject line :-) - Does a solution exist? YES. Please stand by. I suspect others will pile on this thread with ideas for you. - Can someone show...
greg h
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Jan 28, 2007
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Flex 2 has unlimited design potential. You are not limited like you think... If a component won't do what you want, you can always re-skin it. Here's an...
Shannon Hicks
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Jan 28, 2007
4:27 pm

Hello, Many screenshots of Flex applications here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flexapps/ Many of them look not at all like the out of the box look of Flex. ...
David Mendels
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Jan 28, 2007
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and everyone I tell that the app I am working on will be skinned seems to reply. "It looks clean and simple, I like it". horses for courses , but while KAI had...
Impudent1
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Jan 28, 2007
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For everyone who was interested in seeing more samples of real Flex applications and the extent to which you can skin up Flex using all the built in features,...
Dave Wolf
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Jan 31, 2007
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VERY nice Dave, you guys do awesome work. Just curious, did your team use the DistortionEffects library by Alex Uhlmann to do the CubeRotate effect on the...
Brian Dunphy
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Jan 31, 2007
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Thanks! We have some awesome guys here who make all the magic happen. Yes indeed we did. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner ...
Dave Wolf
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Jan 31, 2007
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nice work!...
Bjorn Schultheiss
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Jan 31, 2007
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awesome work oh and go gators! :) DK ... -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it?...
Douglas Knudsen
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Feb 1, 2007
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Absolutly awesome, great work! Dimitrios Gianninas RIA Developer Optimal Payments Inc. ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com...
Dimitrios Gianninas
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Feb 1, 2007
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Paul, Following up on the link Shannon gave you, for a blow-by-blow on how that design was created see the following two links: ...
greg h
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Jan 28, 2007
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Thank you everybody. The examples are nice, but my problem remains: these sites use same size for components like input fields, combobox, buttons and text. So,...
Paul Barbieux
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Jan 29, 2007
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Hi, Simple fix now that I see what you are talking about. I took a screen shot of you form, measured the button exactly. 15 pixels height? 13 pxiels font size?...
Michael Schmalle
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Jan 29, 2007
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Thank you Mike. It's the first time that someone reply me with details about this problem (your solution about buttons works, but I have not tried to rewrite...
Paul Barbieux
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