Peter, Not to sway anyone from Rev, but the promise of MX is the ability to run on all platforms (including PDAs). There is already support for Flash 5 on the latest crop of Pocket PCs, and I know they either currently have or will have soon an MX player for Pocket PCs.
As soon as Rev can run as a web plugin and on a PDA, we don't need Flash anymore... ;-) Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Comparisons with Flash MX? > Thanks for the feedback Troy, could I just ask for a bit more detail: > > >MX is very weak when it comes to system level operations and use > >and/or management of local files. It has no ability to "talk" with > >hardware. > > I haven't got MX yet (my upgrade is in the post!) but one of my > customers reckons he can save local data on a client machine, not > just return it to a server? Does this ring true with you? > > >Of course, it is useful for "Flashy" little presentations and > >"interactives" - but NOT "programs". > > I know, I HATE all those Web sites dripping with useless Flash "presentations"! > > >It also continues to suffer from file size limitations. After 4-5 > >meg ... it's done. > > In what way is 4-5 meg a limit - you can't make files larger or they > simply don't work?? > > >Basically MX is Flash 5 with some fundamental productivity > >enhancements (which should have existed all along.) > > > >MX is now a better tool than Flash was. It certainly does not > >compete with Rev for overall power. The two applications are on > >different planes. Rev builds applications. MX builds "interactives". > >Both Director and iShell still build more powerful interactives > >(bordering on applications) than MX does. > > > >At my shop, we use Rev, MX, and iShell - depending on the project > >requirements. > > I've only used Flash 4 for animations as part of CBT packages (NOT > for Web sites!) and not used the scripting side at all. I tend to > use Rev (or MetaCard in the past) for most other things. > > My client is looking to develop web-based information capture and > advice using anything from desktops, to laptops and PDAs as the > client. He had been considering Java, but has been tempted by Flash > MX. He thinks it will provide a richly interactive front end for his > data capture (into back end databases using XML etc.) and for > displaying his advisor information, all from inside a browser window. > > Any additional comments/thoughts? > > Cheers > > Peter > -- > Peter Reid > Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK > Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution