Re: FLASH: Flash Help System; what a crock of sh..!

[Kenny Sherwood]

At 05.02 +0000 2000.07.19, flashy junior wrote:


>Has anyone come accross the fact that the Flash help system is the 

>worst of any program on the market - even ones without any help!  :)

>Truely, I mean to get the syntax right with targeting variables, etc 

>one must use total guess work.

>First you realise it requires the browser(slow), then you realise 

>the search engine is this crap external java applet(slow again), 

>then you realise that the help that ships with flash would be really 

>great if you didn't already know how to tween a shape, then you 

>realise that there are virtually no decent syntax examples that are 

>correct for demonstration purposes of actionscript, then you go 

>online to the technotes(slow again) and find out that there is a 

>black hole here too if you're looking for real-life syntax examples.


Good points all.


>Why?


Once again the apparent imperfection of life rears its ugly head.


Try this link for cool Flash resources:


http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Flash_and_Shockwa 

ve/Tutorials/


HTH,


Kenny Sherwood


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http://kensherwood.com


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