Re: Scenes Bad? (Was: FLASH: If Frame Is Loaded question)

[alexb]

To say that scenes are bad is misleading. Just because the only reason

anyone can think of to use them is for organizational purposes doesn't mean

they're bad. IMO, that one reason far outweighs the many problems that not

working with scenes causes. For me, keeping things well organized means the

difference between working very quickly, and working slowly. If I have to

hunt through one mega-scene full of animations and layers etc... looking

for a label so that I know when one section is ending and another one is

beginning, I go crazy! Especially when that FLA is being passed around

between at least 3 people! It's much easier to just click on the

appropriate scene. And yes, there may be some drawbacks, but there are many

simple workarounds for each one. If you actually plan your programming out

in advance to include the use of scenes, (ie never use frame numbers as

references, always use labels, etc...) it's just as easy, and in many cases

easier because it allows you to keep your sanity! No one will ever convince

me that scenes are a bad idea.

just my  $0.02

alex






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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:03:18 -0400

From: Matt Spiegler <

mspieglerlightbulbpress [dot] com

>

Subject: Re: Scenes Bad? (Was: FLASH: If Frame Is Loaded question)


I can't give you another one, to be honest. I asked purely out of curiosity

because

I was surprised that Flash would even mangle scenes like it apparently

does.

However, given that this is clearly a dead horse and I'm the one beating

it, I'll

stop prolonging the thread and keep my questions offline :)


Michael Greenberg wrote:


> Matt,

> This has been a topic that has been thrown around on this list for at

least 2

> years or so maybe longer.

>

> So I will say this in a positive fashion. Other than organizational

issues give

> me another good reason to use scenes because in all honesty I have not

found any.

>

> Enlighten me if I am missing another value of scenes here please.


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