Re: FLASH: My Rebuttal

[Aaron Cushing]

How about dividing the list into two:

an "I'm new to Flash and need help with some rudimentary issues"

and an "Advanced developer list (like what Bill would prefer the current

list to be)"

People could subscribe to either list or both, but, of course, would not

need to post the same question to both lists.

Subscription documentation should indicate the types of posts acceptable on

either list, as well as encourage a "lurk first" policy to newcomers, so's

they can get the general idea/flow of either list.


FWIW, this topic always seems to come up on ANY developer's list (Flash,

Director, WebMonkey, 3D Max...whatever....) whenever there's an influx of

new kids on the block.


Aaron

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From: Bill Wagner <

billpwrtst [dot] com

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This is not to say that I haven't

seen some great practical, marketable applications of Flash on this list,

but Flash has a great deal more utility tahn what we're seeing. I use it for

CD-ROMs (of which I have seen a few posts, although they are mostly

FSCommand questions which could have been answered by going to Macromedia's

help site), interactive training, Visual Basic menus and as a front end for

some really wacky Javascripts... and that is only the beginning. We need to

start talking about these issues.

I also stick by my assessment of the Flash support materials (not just the

manual). When I say support materials, I mean the manual, the online help,

the Macromedia tech resources, JC's site, etc. The answers for most of the

questions I've seen are out there and people just aren't looking (and why

should they when they can just dump a post into this list).

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Most of the people who keep answering redundant questions here

on the list have already posted the answers on one of their web sites.

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I want to stress the continued

development in the application of this technology and responsibility as far

as knowing your limits and abilities as the make or break issues for Flash


designers as a group.



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