Apache Flex vs SharePoint Designer

• Highly advanced UI platform, well suited for building enterprise applications.
• Cross browser issues do not exist as it runs the same on every browser via Flash Player.
• Animations are something that comes out of the box.

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• Allows ease and flexibility of creating custom workflows specific to the business needs. Emails can be configured to easily be sent based on specific conditions, and the inclusion of workflow variables allows increased functionality.
• It gives a quick interface to add, edit, and remove site pages as well as the ability to edit list item pages creating a custom look and feel for every business need and increasing the functionality of SharePoint lists.
• Allows a nicer user interface for the additions and management of the external content types linked to the specific sites.

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• It's heavy as it needs to load the Flash plugin first before rendering anything to the user.
• Not future ready as there is no support for mobile and tablet platforms.

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• Navigation between sub-sites and beyond the entry point is not seamless. I find it difficult to get to the root of a directory structure if I have not started there.
• Would love to be able to do WYSIWYG in some form. I have only used it for a year but I have not found anything fancy to do.
• I would like to be able to work in a development site and easily move to the production site.

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• Our users have a great positive feedback from the UI point of view.
• The ease of use of the application had doubled our existing user base.

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• Positive impact: End users love the custom look of their sites after I have used Designer to spice it up a bit.
• Negative impact: Other end users now want *their* sites to be spiced up similarly. More work for my team is a good thing, but each time I work in Designer, I am afraid that I am adding another impediment to our eventual upgrade to 2013.

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