# Macromedia Flex

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/macromedia-flex/108994>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 30, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/macromedia-flex/108994 "2004-04-30T16:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clown\_Staples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Clown\_Staples](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Clown_Staples)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/macromedia-flex/108994/1 "2004-04-30T16:27:41Z")

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[http://www.macromedia.com/flex/samples/explorer/explorer.mxml](http://www.macromedia.com/flex/samples/explorer/explorer.mxml)

What do you guys think of flex? I think its bloated and runs really slow, but I love the idea of xml that gets rendered in flash. (flex is actually xml that gets compiled into flash i think)

Is this the future? Anybody use it?