RE: Man, it really is fast (David Grisset) --was: Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fast. Branden Hall

[Arsis]

I'm not biased either way when it comes to platform. I just would like to

reiterate the original point "The power is the person in front of the

screen" - what makes you think that NT operators don't use multiple screens

or scripting tools, small percentages do. The Mac has nothing more or less

to offer it just that NT/WIN operators tend to be a little more naive when

it comes to utilization of their toolset.


Arsis


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Subject: Is: Man, it really is fast (David Grisset) --was: Re: FLASH:

OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fast. Branden Hall



On 12/20/99 11:09 AM, David Grissett via

davidtallent [dot] com

, said:


>> I thought we were all past this platform thing.  The power is the person

in

>> front of the system.  Do you really believe you could actually look at

>> someone's site and design and tell what platform it was created on?


Yup.


There's a lot more to it than just typefaces, when you sit on this side

of the platform you can more easily see why it matters, and how it

matters to just more than you.


And, without wishing to start another platform war, it is about a lot

more than the power of the person, I've quoted numerous examples before

of why Macs are more productive for graphics work, in particular, Flash,

and all you need is a Mac Guru (or some self-study) to set them up

properly to exploit the real power.


We recently hired on some hot-shot Flashers, they opted to bring in their

own NT boxes for the first couple of contracts. Their work is top-notch,

but their delivery time was unacceptable. As  they watched their Mac

peers rip out twice as much work (on average) per day, one of them ( a

frequent poster to this list) decided to give one of our spare G3's with

five screens a try. After adding GoMac to get the task bar he thought he

needed, a couple days of learning how to exploit AppleScript and

multi-screens, he now says he's never going back . He's also now painfuly

aware of where his work was lacking previously. He and his NT fellowes

have submitted PO's to me for new G4s.


Trust me, if you take the time to learn it, and set it up properly, it

makes all the difference in the world.


(feel free to corroborate this when you get back from vacation, [name])


(PS: My last post was about information the prior poster needed to

correct some apparent misconceptions, and attempted to include some humor

at the same time. Sorry if you didn't get it.)


Frederico


~Before I knew what was happening,

        I was strapping wheels on a big, plastic cow.~


                              --Doug


Win2000 is scheduled for release Q1 2K. Will you stand in line for it?




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