Re: FLASH: What is GLCS???

[Frederico]

(warning: content is an opinion, partly off-topic, regarding tools useful 

with Flash)


On 5/3/1999 1:47 AM, Andrea Rizzi of

Andrea [dot] Rizzistarlink [dot] it

 said:


>i want some info about GLCS 3.1.1 and AGL4.0.

>there are programs such as Flash?


Buongiorno Andrea. Parla Inglese? Che cosa desidera in Inglese? Mi scuzi, 

por favore, mi Italiano no quante parole.


GLCS 3.1.1 is GoLive CyberStudio, a product based out of Hamburg, and has 

since been purchased by Adobe, and is now called GoLive 4.0. It (they) is 

a WYSIWIG (what you see is what you get[?]) HTML-based website creation, 

editing  and management system, much like Dreamweaver by Macromedia.


GoLive is superior to Dreamweaver in many respects, but Dreamweaver has 

certain strengths GoLive currently does not. GoLive is currently 

Macintosh-only, but will be ported to Wintel sometime this year (soon).


I am intimately familiar with both, and I prefer GoLive. Aside from 

more/better tools, it just feels better. But, that said, Dreamweaver 

feels more like Flash, which, for me, not for everyone, is an 

uncomfortable interface.


In my experience, If you prefer the Windows environment, you'll probably 

like Dreamweaver, if you like the Macintosh environment, you'll probably 

like GoLive. Each has its own quirks and takes some getting used to.


If you publish in multiple venues, with multiple authors, like myself, 

you may need both, for each have their own strengths/weaknesses.


Both interface well with Flash, but currently GoLive does at least one 

important, useful thing Dreamweaver can't: edit the links in a protected 

SWF. This is extremely useful when managing/rearranging a large site, 

preventing the need to go back in and edit a complex FLA, and then 

re-export. Note, however, it will *not* (currently) edit the target or 

base URL. Hopefully this feature will be expanded in the next release, 

and hopefully Dreamweaver will add it in, too.


GoLive currently has built-in Quicktime editing support. Dreamweaver 

better protects foreign code. GoLive has more (packaged) actions. 

Dreamweaver seamlessly interfaces with BBEdit. GoLive has excellent 

support for foreign *language* --not code.


Finally, no product is king forever. Dreamweaver has come a *long* way 

since version 1, and if they keep stealing ideas from GoLive, as well as 

their own strengths which GoLive should steal from them, they could be 

the better product before too long. Especially if you prefer one 

company's support over another. A very big factor in purchasing a product.


NOTE: For creation of professional, multi-browser/platform capable pages, 

both products require a reasonable base knowledge at a code-level of 

HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, JScript, CGI, etc, depending on the content of 

your site. If you intend to publish strictly in Flash, you may not need 

either AGL or DW, depending only on Aftershock, but GoLive currently has 

superior site management/editing for larger sites. You may not need a 

WYSIWIG at all, if you are well-versed or prefer writing code by hand. 

These are tools are primarily for designers who do not wish to spend so 

much time at a code level.


(this missive was created from an experienced opinion only, and is not 

intended to begin a debate, but only to provide useful information to the 

person asking the question regarding tools to use with Flash. Grazi.)


Buona Giornata


Frederico


      ~La Fortuna aiuta gli Audaci!~



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