Re: FLASH: Director 7 is released

[John Dowdell]

At 1:34 AM 11/17/98, Al Rosetti wrote:

>Maybe someone could flesh this out a little bit.  Director 7 was just

>released.  From what I read the plug-in is already inside of the Mac OS and

>Win98.  Why doesn't this make Flash obsolete?  Or does it?  Sure it's a

>steaper learning curve but it's (I assume) infinitely more powerful and just

>as compatible.    Where am I going wrong with this?


Shockwave and Flash can work together... each tends to have a different realm.


Flash's advantages include the fast startup time, the resizability, the

wide variety of players distributed, and more. Shockwave's angle is a

little different, in the intense interactivity, the control over streaming

and media types, etc. Both are graphically exciting, but they're usually

used for different things.


A good way to compare the types of things designers achieve with them is to

visit the ShockRave site. Cartoons can be made in either tool, for

instance. Is this along the lines of what you were looking for...?


jd




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