Re: FLASH: Publish 3 and 4

[Russell E. Unger]

> It is hard for me to feel sympathy for someone who spends $300 on flash to

> create

> web sites yet is not familiar with the rudiments of html.


It happens every single day, my friend.  The first time I used Premiere was

"Trial by Fire" to land a project for Iridium because I "knew I could do it" and

I wanted an excuse to learn that particular tool as well as QT within Director.


Even though I've not really touched it, one the great things about Flash is that

you do not NEED to know HTML to use it because it also is able to act as a

standalone projector.  While I know enough about Director to deem myself

mediocre in the usage of the tool, I still don't know how to "webify" content.

I'm not doubting that I could pick it up rather quickly...but the first time is

going to be a "new" experience and I'm guessing I'll have to pay a lot of

attention to what's going on.  I'd hate to think of a surprise twist thrown in

there for me.  Tools should always be developed for the LCTD (Least Common

Technology Denominator).  That's not to say it should be inclusive to people

who's desktop computer is as useless as my stapler, however.


> That is not the way the world works (yet).

> The html publish template is easily solved by a knowledable user.

> Macromedia could have done a better job of making this

> stupid proof- or at least document the quirk.


Stupid-proof is a bit hard, but pretty close to on the money.  Just because a

user doesn't know HTML doesn't mean that they're stupid.  The fact is,

Macromedia makes tools to "dummy-up" people to HTML (hellllllloooooo

Dreamweaver!) and they should be a little more aware of their audience, in

general AND they should have made this information a little more noticeable to

them.


That's my beef.  And, mark my words...  Awhile after this thread has died

(hopefully today--that it will die), someone else will pop-up with the question

of why this is happening and how do I correct it--not because they aren't

knowledgeable of the tool, but because they are unsure as to why this is

happening to them and because they need an answer for their boss who took it on

the chin at the demo 5 minutes ago.


Regards,


Russ



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