Thanks for your post Michael. I'm sorry but I haven't seen your list of resources before, and I'll check them out over the next few days. (I sometimes get as many as 800 messages a day and I can't read everything on this list under those conditions)
I have to tell you I am really struggling with Flash, but I'll crash through sooner or later. For example yesterday I went to flashkit.com and I can see there is a lot of interesting material there. I looked at one tutorial, and downloaded the example code to go through the tutorial as I read it, and the zip file didn't have a .fla file inside. So the tutorial was useless. I looked at another, and it missed out 3 steps, rushing over some other steps. No problem I suppose for the person who wrote it, or for advanced users, but I spent over an hour trying to figure out how to put a piece of code on a button. I couldn't see where to put it, and couldn't get the code window to open. People who have done a few of these things will know how to do it. But I deliberately chose a tutorial there that was labelled for BEGINNERS. For me, learning from the very start, this simple thing was extremely frustrating. I was screaming at the author that he spent 2 paragraphs explaining how to open a file, but totally missed these steps. The total text for getting the code onto this button was "Put this code on your button ..." What I find really confusing when I'm using flash is there are so many dialogue boxes, that I take ages to find things. I can never seem to be able to find things in the same place twice. It's not helped I suppose that the dialogs change depending on what kind of object is opening them, and what the circumstances are at the time. I know the problem is mine, that I have to just learn where everything is, but its taking much much longer than it took to get something productive happening in coldfusion, and a whole order of magnitude longer than learning Photoshop or Illustrator or Fireworks or Dreamweaver. Anyway, I really value the advice and help of the people on this list, and Michael's list of sites looks to be well worth checking out. Thank you Michael. Cheers, Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP WebWorks -----Original Message----- From: Haggerty, Michael A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Flash Tutorials (WAS: a little about the future) Uhhh.... This message is concerning to me, being close to a lot of really wonderful Flash developers who put out a lot of educational materials. Th is message is in two parts, a list of resources on the Web you may find helpful, and 2) my own explanation of why Flash is so tough for so many. I. Resources I don't know how many times I have posted these links to this list, but i f you are looking for instructional materials on Flash, look here: [snip] ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb 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
