Great article Colin, thanks for your work!
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > i just published an article called "Charges Against ActionScript 3.0" > covering the things people don't like about ActionScript 3.0. > > it's posted on O'Reilly's InsideRIA, here: > http://www.insideria.com/2008/07/the-charges-against-actionscri.html > > The article discusses the following issues: > > 1. The removal of on()/onClipEvent() from Flash CS3 makes creating > simple interactivity hard. > 2. Getting rid of loaded .swf files is hard. > 3. Casting DisplayObject.parent makes controlling parent movie clips > hard. > 4. The removal of getURL() makes linking hard. > 5. The removal of loadMovie() makes loading .swf files and images hard. > 6. ActionScript 3.0's additional errors make coding cumbersome. > 7. Referring to library symbols dynamically is unintuitive. > 8. Adding custom functionality to manually created text fields, to > all movie clips, or to all buttons is cumbersome. > 9. The removal of duplicateMovieClip() makes cloning a MovieClip > instance (really) hard. > > if you have comments, please leave them on the article so i can respond if > necessary. > > colin > _______________________________________________ > 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
