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

[uniquemac]

At 11.42 -0700 2000.06.16, Phillip Kerman wrote:


>I don't know if you can really attribute the whole re-design to greed.

>Criticize it, yes.  But it's quite possible that they had sincere


Please define "sincere" in non-monetary terms.


>ambitions

>to make it better (and of course increase audience--what are they supposed

>to do? Rely on the current clients forever?).  Personally, I think

>Macromedia goes way beyond any other software company to support

>developers... user groups.


Yet Ye Olde Gun-Aimed-at-Foot shoots off its big mouth again and again.


If nothing else, this "new Web site intro" looks REALLY BAD. Majority 

vote on several lists and NGs agrees w/me wholeheartedly.


>You see them on this list for example.


... and with all due respect, as I've acknowledged eons of times, on 

several lists.


>I mean,

>I'll give them my gripes when appropriate... but the interesting thing is

>they listen.


Well, "listening" is at least a start, right? -- :-) to MM reps


>Anyway, maybe this topic can be moved to someone writing up a side by side

>discussion of the redesign and where it fails.


I would be happy to, but certainly NOT for FREE.


Extras cost extra.


>(I've got an offline version

>of their old site if you need one.)


Please email me! TIA.


>Check out this article which does just that regarding the QuickTime Player:

>http://www.iarchitect.com/qtime.htm


Will do; thanks for the great post, P!


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