Even the garbage collection and unload movie issues? .m
On 7/16/08, Jordan L. Chilcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm on the other side of this... I hardly agree with any of these points. > > jord > > Brian Mays wrote: >> Awesome. Thanks. This reinforces some points I've been making to so >> colleagues. >> >> Brian Mays >> >> >> On 7/15/08 3:06 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
