Should a Flex Blog in Flex?
Eat your own dog food, that’s what people like to say. But I don’t think most people do, or should do, only because dog food is for dog. For example, the Flex blog from Adam Dyson is actually a Flex application. It’s neat, elegant and serves the purpose as a blog. However, there are more to it for a blog.
Things you need consider are how you would generate RSS feed, comments, etc. Even though Google or other search engines supposedly can index Flash, I don’t think Flash is a good way for SEO (search engine optimization). Then, how people find your posts if it can’t be searched effectively. Not mention the other factors such as putting AdSense on the site.
As a student, Adam Dyson did a super job demonstrating RIA technology by putting up a Flex blog in Flex. It just makes me think that developing a technology and applying a technology are very different things.
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As always, the best developers are the ones who choose to be agnostic with technology, and simply use the best tool for the job
There is another blog based-on Flex
http://www.keaura.com/blog/
Peter Ent built it long ago.
Definitely NOT. Blogs present writing content to users to read. There isn’t enough interaction required to involve Flex or Flash. This is a bad idea. Indexing, url managment, etc aren’t natural from within Flex/Flash. Why ruin the document of the Internet?
Like Tony says above, best tools for the job.
Now, on the other hand, a blog management tool is right up Flex’s alley, or even AIR if you want some online support.
Being a Flex person, someone using Flex to present a blog makes me cringe.
Check another FLEX blog: flexylog.com!