FLASH: RE: Flash's Limits (AKA "Is there anything Flash 'can't' do?")

[Phillip Kerman]

From: "alex burrows" <

alexbspookyandthebandit [dot] com

>


>On a separate but related note - your demo is neat wrt to relational movie

>control as one navigates the pages. What I do not understand is your

>reference to the limitations of Flash against Director and Authorware.


>Are you implying that it would be possible to achieve the same results

using

>either Director or Authorware *without* relying on Javascript as well? If

>not surely the same limitations (of HTML framest navigation) apply to all

>three applications??


No, you're right...the HTML part couldn't be done in Director either...but

the buttons (with no redundancy could)


... you're points about looking for solutions instead of limits is totally

true--but let's not be blind either. You have to know the limits to figure

out ways around it.  Maybe this can be a good thread--"Solution to X

found"--any time someone finds a solution.



From: John Croteau <

croteauerols [dot] com

>

> Also, multiple buttons are not a problem, one you have the first two

> adding others is just duplicating the button and changing a couple of

> tell target commands.

> There are actually several ways that this can be done.


There's probably a million ways to do it... but one of my points was it gets

pretty "hard wired" fast.  Namely, you won't just have 3 buttons each with

their own actions... but many more (1 to 2 AND 3 to 2, etc.)  If I'm missing

something, I'd love to see the solution.


Someone else mentioned the point was to figure out ways to use the tool...

within the scope of the tool.  I agree.  I'm not trying to harp on how I

think Flash is crappy--not at all!  I like it.  I just think it's good to

understand a tool's limits--realize if you want to do something REALLY

interactive you'll need JavaScript (or another tool).  Tell target lets you

do things which are truly interactive--but there's a limit.


>

> Have you seen Score 1 at the Bible (http://www.FlashBible.com/)?

> This is the first in a series that will be showing how to use Tell

> Targets and Movie Clip Logic. Score 1 shows how to keep a running count.

>

>


I looked at it, that seems to be a good solution--but when you want to "add

10" you have TEN tell target actions in a row.



Maybe as a truce let me suggest that this thread is changed to "Hey

everyone, look what I figured out... here's something I previously thought

was impossible in Flash".


How does this sound?



Phillip Kerman



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