Re: FLASH: Flash going the way of the Dinosaurs?

[John Croteau]

Hi Troy,


Flash going the way of the Dinosaurs?

I don't THINK so.


> And now I'm afraid we will see very few of our wishes come true.

Most of mine will come true, yours are misplaced (I think).


> Here's why:

> Macromedia's flagship product has always been Director. I'm pretty certain

> (and I think that Macromedia would agree) that without Director the company

> would have gone belly-up during the rocky times they endured not too long

> ago.

> Even with the success of Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver, their flagship

> product is still Director. 

> Why should they add features to their less expensive product 

> (Flash) when these features already exist

> in their more expensive product (Director)?

They will when it is to their advantage. The success of Flash allows it

to grow on its own. Without Flash, the downturn in CD Authoring (because

of the success of the Web) MM would probably not be in as good as a

position as they are now.


> Take scripting more example:

> Lingo is already established as Macromedia's Scripting Engine. Flashers

> want a more powerful scripting engine in Flash. Hey, we want Lingo! But if

> Lingo was added to Flash what would be the motivation behind Director?

Actually we don't want Lingo in Flash?

Why because it would no longer have the small plugin, the kernal to

include Lingo is huge and would also slow down Flash. If you need

advanced scripting then consider using Director and creating vectors

with Flash to use in it.


> Bitmaps and sound? Well, Flashers want better bitmap support, and better

> sound support. Now what's left for Director?

We will get better support for Sound and bitmaps in Flash. But if you

need great handling of bitmaps, sound and other multimedia including

Flash then Director is a better answer now. It is optimized for bitmaps

with great sound, bitmap, vector (Flash) and scripting capabilities. It

has this now with the same limitation for Web use that Flash would have

if you added all those features to it.


> My proposed Flash

> enhancements: Java-based scripting, MPEG audio compression, tracker-style

> independent audio timeline. If these things were added to Flash, would we

> need Director?

We wouldn't. But we would also no longer have the sleek small solution

we now have in Flash. It is true that MM was slow to give Flash its own

runnung room separate from Director but that is no longer the case.

 

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