Flash 9 is the authoring tool. Flash Player 8.5 is the Player.
Flash Player 8.5 has features that will be used by Flex. Since Flex is targeted at 'Developers' instead of 'Designers' we consider the Player to have 'developer-oriented' features (like the new VM) instead of 'designer-oriented' features like all the effects that went into Player 8. As far as the end-user (grandma, CEO) is concerned, the new Player is better no matter what. We expect adoption to be rapid (Player 8 penetration is fantastic for such a short time). But obviously you do need to consider timeframes for when your app must release vs. when our products will be available. Matt -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tariq Ahmed Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:33 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Web app built on the top of Flex 2 frawemork only requires Flash 9 player to be preinstalled, right? There was mention of a Flash 9 by Mike Downey on Sept 27th 2005. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/flashteam/archives/2005/09/its_that_time_a .cfm hank williams wrote: > Andy, > > I think you misunderstand. There is no flash 9 announced or anywhere > on the publicly known horizon. 8.5 will be released to the public this > spring. There IS NO FLASH 9. Presumably there will be a flash 9 at > some point but speculating about it when there is an imminent release > of a version that will precede some far off potential flash 9 doesnt > make much sense. > > Regarding 8.5 penetration, the point is that by the end of 2006, > because of the way the updaters work you could very well have a > majority of active users on 8.5 by the end of this year. That is of > course speculation, but the purpose of the new updating technology is > to achieve that kind of quick installed base updating. Whether it will > work as advertised is of course a different question, but that is the > intent. > > Regards, > Hank > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
