Re: FLASH: Publish 3 and 4

[Russell E. Unger]

>Ok, so we are talking about publishing Flash movies, right ? A Flash3

>movie under Flash4 with proper html. I understand what you are talking

>about. A professional Flash user choses export as Flash3 and let's the

>html template on default. OK, he will be producing a Flash3 movie that

>requests a Flash4 player. If this professional user does not know what

>he is doing and finds it strange that the update kicks in when the page

>is viewed from a browser with a level 3 player then in fact this

>professional user is a diletant. I know this is rather harsh and I

>understand the in the States you might have more relaxed requirments,

>but if you are being paid for your work then you should know what you

>are doing.



I'm not so concerned about how it's handled in the states.  Yes, the onus is

on the developer to be able to figure out this dilemma, but saying a user is

a diletant is, indeed, harsh.  Flash 4 is still a new technology.  Hell,

Flash 3 is still a new technology.  If you're telling me that this Flash 4

Player upgrade call is to be found strange when a professional user of the

tool is using it, sir, I think you are out of line.


Of course, I'll stand in line with the other diletants; the first time I saw

it I was developing for Flash2 due to browser restrictions, and I didn't see

it because I had installed the F4 player on my machine.  Guess what, I was

surprised.  I would hazard to guess that you would be, too.


>I did not say the SW702 was ridiculous I said and maintain that some of

>the discussion around it is.


I'll agree.


> It will, I think be far more productive than the recent

>Macromedia bashing we have seen of late, that has evolved into personal

>bashing showing how devoid of reason it is.


I'm not Macromedia-bashing...and yes, some are.  Regardless, a little bit of

disrespect is healthy in almost any situation.  That's a very general

statement you have made, and this time, like several others, I'm beginning

to think that you may be the one getting personal by failing to understand

what a personal attack truly is.  When something doesn't jive with your

likes, it doesn't mean it's devoid of reason, it simply means that others

see things from a different point of view.


This diatribe could go on and on, but like your abstaining, I will choose to

do so.  I'm not going to argue when it is my feeling that the other person

is not willing to bend or is not in a position to alleviate the problem.

For clarity, I am not saying that you are not willing to bend, I'm simply

saying that it is my interpretation that you seem to be unwilling to do so.


Cheerio.



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