Re: FLASH: CD Rom production - Director is so bogus

[King McCarthy]

Rodge,


You do make a good point.


King




>

>

> King McCarthy wrote:

> >

> > Rodge,

> >

> > Why can't Director make exe's on both platforms?  That is a valid

question,

> > since we are talking about output, not running the program itself.

>

> but the output is a program, it's a different kettle of

> fish. The issue of paying for both platform versions of the

> program is different from Director exe's needing to be made

> on the platform they are intended for, so no one please

> confuse the issue. One is technical, one is  business. I'm

> concerned with the technical in this case. Phoppy files are

> fine, because it's a file, you use a program to read. Like

> wise with shockwave stuff, you need a browser with the plug

> in to read it. OKay flash standalone exe's are different,

> but its a completely different thing to director. Flash can

> do it, so why cant director? Well, director and flash are

> different authoring environments, for different purposes.

> They each have their own merits. But Director has many more

> sytem resources asked of it, it has to have the capacity to

> do far more complex tasks.

>

> > Should you have to purchase two copies of Flash to have your creations

play

> > on both a PC and Mac?  PhotoShop DOES create graphics that display on

both

> > platforms. No one is asking  for one copy of PhotoShop itself to run on

both

> > platforms, just the output.  The same holds true for Director.

>

> it doesnt, because we are talking about platform specific

> exe's, as opposed to a file neading an exe to read it.

>

> Cheers

>

> Rodge

>

>

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