Re:Pixlr - the online image editor
by eggnet on Monday October 27, 2008 @01:54PM
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This is a flash app, not javascript, fyi.
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Seems completely reasonable to me.
sometimes javascript just can not handle them all. Their are only one implementation of actionscript (as least only one major implementation). But there are at least four individual implementation of js engine. IE's creepy js even do not have canvas yet. that makes it nearly impossible to create some all js based pic-editing service.
Which is a big shame IMHO...
Why specifically?
Flash doesn't make for a nice user experience. Scrolling, copy/paste, font sizing - all broken.
Also javascript is far more widespread than flash, especially on non pc browser devices.
Flash doesn't make for a nice user experience
That's ok as a rule of thumb when you are talking about a chalkboard project. I agree with it. But there's a running app here. You can measure user experience based on experience. From my 2 minute play & the comments here. Seems ok on that front.
If that copy/paste/ font sizing etc. bothers you here specifically, then it's a point against.
javascript is far more widespread than flash
I'm not sure how much non pc browsers are going to have a need for this anyway. screen size etc.