This is true, but the exists no IDE for Linux. A few are in the works, but none are really that close. There was qflash it's dead, f4l is dead and has moved to uira. ktoon does create swf's with an IDE, but it's aimed at animators. And really the only thing that would have to be kept up is swfmill compatible XML files. I just hate switching back and forth between windows and linux all the time.
BTW, uira (http://www.uira.org/) is in active development, I've mentioned several times on their channels about maybe using swfmill and XML with their front-ends but again there was little interest. But I believe they're making good progress. Let's no forget that some folks are trying to bring back swfplayer as the resurrected gnash for linux. Many things are working, except for some of the new tags. I think that keeping up with MM releases has always been a challenge for any OS Flash developer. But there are many more people working on it now, and in most cases really aren't that far behind the commercial stuff. Dan does a good job keeping up with the swf spec, and if swfmill were to pick up some sponsors, then I'm sure it could for many years. And as I said before, the IDE I have in mind would only generate XML files. I'm just mulling over the best way to handle images at the moment. I like the idea of editing swf's for clients using swfmill though. The possibilities really are limitless and XML is such a universal language. Think about this, a simple IDE/Gui/Frontend written in php that outputs XML and the calls swfmill. You could have your clients making changes to their own swf's over http right on your servers. And it's entirely possible. Maybe they want to try a different font, change a color, or image. They wouldn't have to call you every time to get it done. The whole thing hinges around the XML though. I just think that only using swfmill for the creation of libraries is over simplifying it's ability and could one day be it's death. We owe it to Dan to at least explore other uses. That's the spirit of open source. Hudson Ansley wrote: > IMO, creating a full-blown IDE would be prohibitively time consuming, > and there is Flash, after all :) Seems like one would have a very hard > time keeping up with their new releases... > That being said, I think it is useful to the extreme that one can > convert a swf to XML then back again if you need to make some > search/replace type of changes. You could make a tool for a client to > make specific modifications to a delivered SWF without having to have > flash... tools that would analyse a swf for project specific > issues... lots of possibilities... > > Regards, > Hudson > > _______________________________________________ > swfmill mailing list > swfmill@osflash.org > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org > > -- Jon Molesa Owner - Consoltec 828-994-2067 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.consoltec.net _______________________________________________ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
