On Thursday, December 11, 2003, at 11:24 PM, grimmwerks wrote:
I _really_ don't want to be one of those troll naysayers -- hell I feed my
family from ONLY director development -- but I've got to start facing facts
that there are 1000 flash gigs to 1 director gig....
And probably 2,000 flash developers to 1 Director developer. ;-)
I don't mean to sound negative -- but why exactly? Does this ensure that
Director will see the rapid development that Flash has?
Ensure that? No, I doubt it. But it *may* mean that Director will evolve in new and interesting ways. JT is undeniably an innovator with an advanced vision. Personally, I take his re-involvement as an extremely positive turn. DMX was basically just getting Director current with modern OSen, perhaps DMX2004 will see some exciting new capabilities in the tool, and help to carve itself a space which is less easily stepped-on by Flash and its ilk. Macromedia seems aware of the market's confusion, and yet decided to keep Director in the line-up. I'm convinced they have their reasons, and the news about JT only adds to that - IMO.
Though to be honest, I still think Director is pretty darn cool right now. It can only get better with JT's involvement.
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Troy
RPSystems, Ltd.
http://www.rpsystems.net
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