On Monday, Sep 30, 2002, at 01:32 US/Pacific, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) wrote: > I totally disagree.. getting it 'connected' is the easy part. The > actual > movement and animation (for which Flash is designed) is the difficult > part.
Flash MX is designed to allow complex client-server applications to be built. Yes, in the early days, Flash was mostly an animation tool but that, IMO, is the 2% of Flash functionality that has actually bogged the product down in terms of market perception, viz "Skip Intro". > Flash is one of those progs which you need to be [a] a good designer > [b] a > good animator. If you are neither then stay clear of Flash or you > will just > be producing the same old crap. I think the new Flash UI Components change that equation quite a bit. > I think a proper 'Spectrum of Participants' :-) is required for these > Rich > Client movies as one single CF developer aint gonna blow things out of > the > water with poor Flash skills and a little DB connectivity. I agree that building a Rich Internet Application requires a broad range of skills and I agree that - at present - it's hard to find all those skills in one person. > Flash is an animation/loose design tool Flash MX is a *lot* more than that! > Though I would love to see someones reaction to this course who is a > complete novice to Flash scripting etc.. Like me? Up until Flash MX came out, I couldn't get Flash to do *anything*... I thought it was a dreadful complex product and I was very frustrated that I couldn't even create a simple button that did interesting things when you clicked it. Now, with the UI components and the improved scripting, I can actually build useful applications with it. As a complete novice, I find the course to be paced 'just right'... An Architect's View -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ Macromedia DevCon 2002, October 27-30, Orlando, Florida Architecting a New Internet Experience Register today at http://www.macromedia.com/go/devcon2002 ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
