Re: FLASH: Are the developers of the Flash 4 aliens? :)

[David Gary Studios]

 

>Catherine,
>
>>The interface and the logic of Flash is stupid and tangled in my view.
>
>Well put - A couple of weeks ago I wrote a similar question to the
>lists. I too am new to Flash but and old hand (over 7 years
>professionally) at multimedia. I am similarly amazed at just how bad
>Flash is, and I had an almost response on the list to my question
>(mostly "get used to it/ it is not that bad/ why should the interface
>be the same?").

 

 

Hiya Catherine, others,

Even though Flash's interface is not exactly relative to the ergonomics of Illustrator, I still see it's interface as a standard vector package and I really am lost on where you're coming from. From an animators standpoint, it mimics the ole multu-plane cameras of the era and because of this, from a traditional animator's perspective, seems to be very intuitive.

 

 

>I can only imagine that you are absolutely correct - the developers
>must be aliens, and one who have never heard of Apple's Human
>Interface Guidelines.

This must be a Mac thing, or should I say, in all honesty, a "PARC" thing.

>Macromedia tech support have yet to get back to me on this one,

I won't even comment on MM's direct developer support. Hopefully the
green fog on Rob Burgess' sunglasses will clear up so he can see the

future relationship between his company and the individuals who support it.

>but for the moment I don't trust Flash at all. I would not expect such appalling software from a $35
>shareware title.

I disagree here. Flash is strong and very rarely do we have to find workarounds. Its very stable on PC (Cant speak for MAC(Mine has only one meg)) and has few bugs compared to other companies' more veteran software. It's also very reliable on export. More so than most Animation proggys that we work with. Its very affordable and my kudos to the engineers. Although I do admit MM's products themselves are the only effective marketing campaign they've got going.

 

Hey, just my .02. What do I know,

 

 

-DG-

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