RE: FLASH: OT: Flash 6 aka DirectFlash!

[Joe Shoults]

Ouch! sorry, John, but you hit a nerve there.  yes, the AWP is mainly just

on intranets, but that's only because that's how it's promoted by a

short-sighted Macromedia.  If we could just get the plugin included

alongside Shockwave/Flash during the install of IE and NS, AW use would

explode, especially as the whole e-learning world explodes.  One would think

that MM could change the installer that ships with IE and NS to be a

triple-installer to cover the bases for these apps.  So many people are

already unwittingly spending way more than they need to using Director to

make training apps instead of using the right tool for the job...


But instead, it seems more and more that Authorware is fading away into the

woodwork...


In regards to what this has to do with Flash, with a more ubiquitous AW,

people could stop worrying about how to use Flash as a training

architectural development tool (as some are) and instead just use Flash to

supply the media assets for use within the AW training structures.


OK, now I'm off my soapbox.


Joe


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

>

From: jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com [jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com (mailto:jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com)]

...

> Sorry, that's hard for me to visualize... the Shockwave and

> Flash Players

> have an installed base of well over a hundred million out there in the

> world, but the Authorware Web Player is more commonly used on

> intranets.



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