RE: FLASH: The Evolution of this Mailing List

[Bernardo Antunes]

It is a strong mail, but I cannot avoid to agree with whats written in

it.


My Vote is:

	In favor.


Bernardo Antunes


-----Original Message-----

From: Bill Wagner [

billpwrtst [dot] com (mailto:billpwrtst [dot] com)

]

Sent: Quarta-feira, 4 de Novembro de 1998 18:31

To:

flashershocker [dot] com

Subject: FLASH: The Evolution of this Mailing List



I've noticed a definite shift in the tone and content of the messages

being

posted to this list recently and I don't find it very encouraging. I've

read

a great number of postings that could have been avoided had the poster

read

the manual included with Flash. As a technical writer, I can give my

endorsement to Macromedia's manual writing department. They have

assembled

an above average manual and an excellent on-line help system. Most

people

who pony up the $300 for Flash would do well to read it.

I thought the main purpose of this mailing list (or any other developer

list

not labelled tech support) was for developers who are excited about this

emerging standard to get together and discuss ideas, review each other's

work and talk about the dissemination of this exciting new technology.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for helping each other out with tricky

problems

on a conceptual level, but it just isn't fair to the readers of this

list or

the people who always seem to be answering the tech support questions

when

people post frantic messages about problems that are easily avoidable.

Maybe

some of you shouldn't be making promises you can't keep to your clients

and

then expecting the developers on this list to bail you out in the

eleventh

hour. Everyone involved with this list would learn alot more if we could

all

achieve at least some minimal baseline working knowledge of this

wonderful

new tool. I am by no means at the level of, say, a John C. but I realize

this when I send out a quote or embark on a new project. If I run into a

sticky spot, I've found that I can usually figure it out myself if I

step

back, analyze the problem critically and, if necessary, review the

support

materials. I highly recommend this process to anyone who is having

consistent problems using Flash.


Bill Wagner

Media Coordinator

Power Test, Inc.



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