Re: FLASH: Great Article about Flash, designers

[John Croteau]

Hi Bill,


> Here is a link to a great article, even though it's old, at Webmonkey:

More like ancient. But its Designer verses Geek slant is still fresh.


> http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/geektalk/96/43/index3a.html?tw=java

> It talks about Shockwave vs. Java and Designers vs. Engineers. Some of you

> won't like it because it hits too close to home with its analysis of the

> designer mindset, but as someone who deals with both engineers and designers

> on a daily basis, I thoroughly enjoyed the insights....

It is both outdated and referring to Director not Flash.

However I have updated the comparison for Flash:


                          

Java: 

It's integrated into

browsers 


Flash:

It's included with Netscape,

Win 98, and Mac OS 8.5 and on

MSIE 4's CD as an

option. And hopefully

will be part of the MSIE

standard intalll soon. 


Java: 

It's a language, not a

product. As the language

grows, so does its

potential. And it's cheap.

But tools to enhance development

with it are not cheap.


Flash:

It's a product. Products cost

money and you will have to keep

upgrading to get the latest and

best version. 


Java: 

It's object-oriented. 


Flash:

It's symbol oriented

but not object-oriented.


Java: 

If you're not a geek, it's

difficult to use. You can 

create many Java Applets easily

foe example with Flash.


Flash:

Even for a designer, it's

relatively simple to use but

using some of its advanced

techniques can be difficult to master.


Java: 

Macintosh browsers support

it but not without problems.


Flash:

Flash has been cross-platform

since the beginning.


:-)~~~


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