RE: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming

[Branden Hall]

I agree with John very strongly here...

His words may have been a bit strong, but the point was clear. The fear of

learning new things has kept a lot of people back over the years.  Yes,

there have been a lot of posts about problems with Flash 5, this is mostly

because Flash 5 is so new and so different.  If myself, or the other people

who are working with Flash 5 successfully had time to pull ourselves away

from the product to post our success stories, I think your email from this

list would double!  A sale is a sale, yes, but the simple fact of the matter

is that 5 > 4...  Flash 5 has bugs, so does every program out there. Some of

them are really annoying, but then again so is the Blue Screen of Death.  I

have been coding with Flash since verison 3 and I have to say, I can work a

*lot* faster in 5 then I ever could in previous versions.  Yes, I am a

programmer, but the artists I work with have also discovered the same thing.

It will take time, and more than a little annoyance, but its worth it.  It

is sad when people don't want to move forward to bigger and better things

for no good reason.


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Senior Interactive Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"



> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Brian [mattonebhip [dot] infi [dot] net (mailto:mattonebhip [dot] infi [dot] net)]

> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 9:10 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Aaaggh - Flash 5 programming

> 

> 

> As much as I appreciate John's standing behind Macromedia's 

> product, I have

> to agree a bit with Karin.

> How much of John's 'sorrow' comes from the bottom line: $$$?

> If Macromedia can't sell Flash 5 to Karin, then they've missed a sale.

> This IS the bottom line.

> I agree that Macromedia puts out a GREAT product, but they 

> don't give it

> away.

> I will not be upgrading to Flash 5 for a while myself.

> 

> -Brian Matthews

> http://www.stonetrek.com

> 

> > > ... or don't. If this is how you make decisions, then 

> really, maybe

> > the

> > > world is better off if your work doesn't get as much exposure.

> > >

> > > sorrowfully,

> > > jd

> >

> > Sheesh, I think that was an incredibly rude response.  I have been

> > carefully watching the posts on Flash 5 trying to make a decision if

> > upgrading will improve work performance.  It appears that 

> most people

> > at least those posting to the list have chosen to go use the Flash 4

> > preferences rather than 5.  In fact the world is very happy with my

> > work, in fact Macromedia awarded one of my sites as site of the day

> > last year.  I love Flash and my clients love my work.  I 

> have a pretty

> > good handle on Flash 4 programming, but honestly the 

> programming in 5

> > scares me off.  I'm not saying I will never upgrade, but I 

> wonder why

> > many of the interfaces --  such as setting an alpha transparency in

> > gradients -- have been changed and are more difficult to use when

> > there was nothing wrong with them in the first place.  It 

> sounds like

> > the programming in 5 is way more powerful, but I use it mainly as an

> > animation tool. I don't have the time right now (because of 

> the amount

> > of paying flash jobs I have) to have to get out the manual to try to

> > figure out how to do what used to be a simple things.

> >

> > I always though Macromedia listened, but now I wonder.

> > Karin

> > www.linkline.com/personal/karinc/

> 

> 

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