I am absolutely amazed at the liberty that you have taken in passing off your assumptions and opinions as fact.
"It unquestionably supports my stance that only advanced developers should be using AS3 and everyone else (95% of Flash developers) should stick with AS1/AS2." Can you prove this with hard statistics? "The fact that it doesn't actually work even when you do requires a high level of programming skill to manage correctly." You even used the word 'fact' this time. "Most Flash developers out there are not strict or disciplined programmers." Once again, this is nothing more than opinion. "Let's not spread misinformation here. I think Adobe has done enough." The sheer irony of this statement is astounding. Steve, your conspiracy theories and posturing is doing nothing to cement professional opinions of your abilities and character. Your intellect is entirely eclipsed by the collective intelligence of the flash player team and only a fool would suggest they are not doing anything to fix it. There are things you can do besides bickering and making accusations that will actually HELP the problem. Write an article, explore alternate solutions, submit a wish list, etc. Be constructive not destructive. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:28 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Is Adobe fixing this big FP9 problem? Thanks for the link to Alex Harui's post, Francis. It unquestionably supports my stance that only advanced developers should be using AS3 and everyone else (95% of Flash developers) should stick with AS1/AS2. This issue of not unloading swfs unless you explicitly turn everything off inside it is another prime reason why only expert developers should be coding AS3. The fact that it doesn't actually work even when you do requires a high level of programming skill to manage correctly. This is not the realm of designers, animators and low to mid level Flash developers. Nobody wants to acknowledge the strictness in AS3 is not merely syntax, but extends to the entire way you develop. Most Flash developers out there are not strict or disciplined programmers. AS2's looseness (and the ability to unload swfs) is still best for "creative" Flash development except in the trained hands of Flash experts who know how to manage the memory management issues. If the GC implementation in Flash was truly transparent, then somebody would be able to explain why Grant's localConnection hack to force the GC to run worked. The Flash team would also provide some API methods into it. There is no API to the GC, therefore it's implementation is not transparent. And to the guy who said Disney doesn't give a shit, you're wrong. Disney is undergoing a major overhaul of all their Flash content to AS3. They've been in touch with Adobe about this. Let's not spread misinformation here. I think Adobe has done enough. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
