Re: FLASH: Flash Player 5

[Joseph Balderson]

The plugin thing is no longer the problem it was because new computers with win2000

are now shipped with the Flash 4 plugin already, as is Netscape 4.73, for those

upgrading from 3.x or 4.x.


Joseph Balderson


Ryan Creighton wrote:


>         i am worried about the people who download the Flash5 beta player

> seeing only the "5" and not really caring about the "BETA"  ... those

> next-best-thing people who need to buy the latest laserdisc player as soon

> as it comes out because giant LP-sized frisbees are the wave of the future,

> and then get frustrated when Flash stuff doesn't work any more.  Who knows?

> It may even cause a backlash or, at the very least, beeg problems with

> broken players when people neglect to dl a working version.

>

>         One of the biggest complaints i've heard about Flash, albeit in the

> early days, was that it required a plugin.  This whole plugin thing is not

> something you wanna mess with when dealing with the general, sometimes

> irrational public.  It doesn't take 2.3 bazillion people downloading the

> thing to note that it was very broken ... a few industry beta testers would

> have sufficed.

>

> - Ryan Creighton

>

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

>

> From: Brad Merritt [bmerrittpmg [dot] net (mailto:bmerrittpmg [dot] net)]

> > Sent: August 4, 2000 9:53 AM

>

> To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> > Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash Player 5

> >

> >

> > I think most people know what beta means and the risks

> > involved with beta

> > products.

> > I for one would rather use the product as much as possible in

> > beta to avoid

> > bugs in the final version. I actually think that MM should be

> > a bit more

> > open with its betas due to the fact they have so many loyal

> > developers. I

> > think everyone on the list would be happy to use a beta

> > product if that

> > meant that you would not run into a bug while you are in the

> > middle of a big

> > client project.

> >

> > If you run into a problem you merely inform MM and keep

> > trying to break that

> > beta. If you ruin into a real problem with a client project,

> > etc. That's

> > your fault for misusing a beta product. I am having MAJOR

> > problems with my

> > movies not working with the F5 player, but the solution is

> > trying to work

> > with MM to iron them out, not complain on this list.

> >

> > So anyone from MM is reading these posts, keep the beta

> > testing open in the

> > future. It means less problems for all of us down the line.

> >

> > brad

> >

> >

> > Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash Player 5

> >

> > >MM's decision to release a beta is causing crises for your project

> >

> >

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