Re: FLASH: Publish 3 and 4

[Nigel Randsley-Pena]

Russel,


"Why?  Why do this?  Just say RUSS?"


Because I was replying to Kevin's post. I have very strong views on this

matter that I will not expose on this list  for the same reason I had

not yet posted a reply to any of your earlier mails on this subject.


"Ridiculous?  How is this ridiculous?  This is genuine concern for

users, who

are not me and may not be aware of what could happen to them.  A

reputation

is a hard thing to build, especially in the freelance world, and I do

not

know of many full-timers specializing in Flash right now.  I could be

wrong

on it, but think a bit deeper on the subject and you can see how this

tiny

little "ridiculous" issue could have some real bearing on someone."


Ok, so we are talking about publishing Flash movies, right ? A Flash3

movie under Flash4 with proper html. I understand what you are talking

about. A professional Flash user choses export as Flash3 and let's the

html template on default. OK, he will be producing a Flash3 movie that

requests a Flash4 player. If this professional user does not know what

he is doing and finds it strange that the update kicks in when the page

is viewed from a browser with a level 3 player then in fact this

professional user is a diletant. I know this is rather harsh and I

understand the in the States you might have more relaxed requirments,

but if you are being paid for your work then you should know what you

are doing.


"Furthermore, the SW702 is the farthest thing from ridiculous.  It's an

uphill battle that *has* to be fought, and I'm beginning to wonder if

you've

seen that, either.  Call a matter of opinion, but what do you do when

it's a

client opinion versus your own?"


I did not say the SW702 was ridiculous I said and maintain that some of

the discussion around it is. I would like to know what issues with SW702

have not been taken up by Macromedia and that you see as concerns.

Please refer to Macromedias statement and list of corrections as

outlined in DM's phased approach and include only those that are not

addressed. It will, I think be far more productive than the recent

Macromedia bashing we have seen of late, that has evolved into personal

bashing showing how devoid of reason it is.


As for the rest of your post I will abstain to comment further.


Nigel


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