Re: FLASH: ADOBE Live Motion Update

[Russell E. Unger]

I've tried to stay out of all of this, but I've got to tell you that your

criticism is so narrow and unbelievably shallow.


Scripting is an entirely different batch of functionality.  To even think that

Adobe would address it when they're working toward the 80% of the market that

finds the Flash interface and scripting too difficult is almost unfair; it's a

first release.


I really think that you've missed the point in what Adobe is trying to

accomplish.  A large majority of users of Flash come from a strong background

with Adobe products and have a difficult time adapting to Flash.  Adobe brought

in the After Effects timelining and simplified the process from an end-user

perspective.  They're not trying to overtake Macromedia's share; they're merely

addressing something that Macromedia should have done a long, long time ago:

the novice end user.  This tool is going to be better for all of us; more novice

users = more total users of the open .swf format = more people wanting more

higher-end Flash stuff, and maybe it's just for someone like me, but I'm not a

fan of the eye candy as much as I am a fan of some of the true usefulness of

those functions.


Both tools will come in quite handy in the future...even if it's just for little

x-post wars in both types of email lists.


Russ


Andreas M�ller wrote:


> The thing that bums me out the most is the lack of a full implemenattion of

> the flash4 scripting commands.

> The enviroment that MM's authoring enviroment offer is bad to say the least.

> This product could've replaced MM's product entirely instead of being used

> by kiddies with an illegal copy to put out crappy beveled button websites.

>

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