RE: FLASH: OT?: MM?: New Macromedia.com site

[JGL]

tech notes are exactly the same as they ever were . . .


>*Glitz and Glamour*

What *Glitz and Glamour* . . . pretty boring to me.


>MM being greedy and not giving much of a very 

big damn about US.


It's e-commerce, Ken, we all have a right to make as much as possible . . .


I personally don't think this is leaning that way though.


Anyway, go look at the tech notes Ken. They are the same presentation . . .


JGL


-----Original Message-----

At 08.26 -1100 2000.06.16, Ray Broussard wrote:


>Jeez, everybody is such a critic. Personally, I like it when big companies

>frequently change their sites - especially when they choose controversial

>designs -especially when "designers" hate it. It still works for me. 

>I found it

>clear, legible, functional, but a little slower to load.


Ray,


All I can conclude from what you've written is that you do not 

seriously rely upon certain parts of MM's site -- for example, the 

tech notes -- in order to improve your efficiency and (therefore) 

money-making capacity as a Flash Developer.


Many if not most of us have come to rely upon a particular level of 

"user friendliness" when going to MM's site for tech info. This new 

version of the site is clearly much more geared toward drawing in NEW 

(I repeat, NEW) customers, and has *seriously crippled* the 

efficiency of its services to its CURRENT customers (e.g. ALL of us 

on this list).


Once again for MM, *Glitz and Glamour* win out over *Customer 

Loyalty*. This is not the first time that MM has apparently chosen 

"saving/puttingonapretty face" over *integrity*. JMO.


Same old money-grubbing game that Adobe seems to be playing (and 

winning big-time). MM has apparently decided to Raise on Adobe's 

Call. Problem is, MM appears to be Bluffing, after sitting down at 

the table so relatively recently! JMO again.


I for one feel that this move by MM really really s*cks, and see this 

as just another case of MM being greedy and not giving much of a very 

big damn about US.


YMMV.


Best wishes,


Kenny Sherwood



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