[Laszlo-dev] autoPng and SWFs -- time to remove the SWFs?

[David Temkin]

The PNGs that have been autogenerated are good, both in terms of  
appearance and in terms of file size. I don't think we need to add a  
manual task here; a script to clean things up would be great.

Next step for a designer would be to create a new skin for the  
components as a whole. But that's a non-trivial task.

- D.


On May 27, 2008, at 10:48 AM, P T Withington wrote:

> This seems like a fine idea to me, but shouldn't we actually get  
> some designer resources to create optimal .png's, rather than rely  
> on the auto-generated ones?
>
> And then we just need to prioritize this w.r.t. everything else that  
> is going on...
>
> On 2008-05-23, at 15:33 EDT, David Temkin wrote:
>
>> Is it time to remove the SWF resources altogether from the  
>> components and the non-SWF specific sample apps, and move the  
>> contents of the autoPng directories up a level?
>>
>> The SWFs add confusion both to the source code ("I see SWF  
>> resources -- how could that work in DHTML?") and in the way the  
>> directories are laid out. And the autoPng mechanism is magic.
>>
>> I don't think there's a benefit in keeping the SWFs around. While  
>> SWFs in some cases may be smaller and/or may stretch better, the  
>> confusion and difference between runtimes outweigh the benefits.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> - D.
>>
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