RE: FLASH: A word about tutorials

[Unger, Russell]

Hi Tim...


I will spare the bandwidth of your very detailed dissertation...


However, I feel somewhat compelled to give you a response, even though I am

not one of the "tutorial" types.  


Tim, the web-based information you are receiving is FREE.  FREE--that means

that the call you paid for to Macromedia that pointed out the "mistake" at

Flashzone was correcting FREE information.  


Tim, I don't want to tell you what to do, and this list is a free service to

all of us who enjoy Flash, toy with Flash, make our livings with Flash or

who just like to pester and be pestered by John Croteau.  Farbeit for ANY of

us to look our proverbial gift-horse in the mouth by throwing out a rant

that basically iterates our distaste or dissatisfaction with a FREE tutorial

(I'd more or less call it advice from someone who's "been there").

Furthermore, and this is unfortunate, yet true, the majority of the people

using Flash, IMHO are probably 20 years younger than you, at a minimum, and

you will certainly find "generation gap" within the texts that you are

finding.  Apologies abound if I'm insulting you and/or your intelligence,

but it really apriori's my flummox that you, or anyone, could go so far as

to openly state your distaste to the free advice.


Perhaps I'm a bit carried away, but when I walk in my door and see someone

slamming, or taking a shot at a group of persons that have pulled my fat out

of the fire--sometimes as early/late as 4am and in extreme

circumstances--more than once, I get a little perturbed.  Sure, they're all

faceless gnomes (j/k) to me, but I'd appreciate if your next post be

something similar to "Hey, guys, thanks for the list--I really appreciate

the open forum; however, I am having some difficulties with Mr. X's tutorial

and I was wondering if anyone could assist me as I am faultering more than I

might like to".  


Of course, as usual, that's just my opinion.  Good luck with your Flash

endeavors.


Russell E. Unger


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Schaumburg, IL 60173-4984

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