100% Mac here, I've been using the latest beta build of Flash Builder 4 (a few hiccups, but no show stoppers) and Adobe Flash CS4.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM, FlashDev <fl...@funkdaweb.com> wrote: > 100% Win XP Prof (Waiting for 7 to be shipped), CS4 & FlashDevelop > > We use a mac to test websites and air applications thats about it! > > SJM > > > Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: > >> i'd completely understand if nobody wanted to touch this one but i thought >> i'd throw it out there >> >> a bit of background: I've been developing on mac for 7 or 8 years, the >> first 5 were as an enthusiastic amateur but more recently i've gone full >> time flash developing. As time has progressed, i've started to use more >> tools to help with coding, I've tried FDT on Eclipse for mac which i found >> (at the time) to be overpriced, overfinicky, flaky and unreliable (i realise >> that with the release of the standalone FDT package the flakiness is >> something that has been rectified) and flexbuilder just doesn't have any of >> the text manipulation tools that a good coding IDE should imo (duplicating / >> transposing lines of code shouldn't require a mouse) so i've settled for >> using FlashDevelop (which i LOVE) with Parallels as a vm to run it. >> >> This setup has kept me going for a while but it's not without it's >> problems: the keyboard changes from my mac-based Flash IDE to the pc-based >> FlashDevelop IDE has been a headache, I have 3 sources of program failures >> as opposed to 2 (Flash, FlashDevelop AND Parallels) which, while they don't >> account for a lot of my day, are usually pretty savage when they do occur. >> However, as I've been using a pc at work, I've really started to seriously >> consider simply buying a pc on my next round of hardware spend (end of this >> year, beginning of next) and be done with it. The mac will always be at the >> center of my home media but this is for my take along, work machine. >> >> So the question I'm really getting to is, how many people use osX (using >> windows in boot camp doesn't count) and how many are using windows for their >> main work machine and what kind of software setup are you using? >> >> thanks for your time guys >> Allandt >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Cheers, Nate ---------------------------------------- http://blog.natebeck.net _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
