Re: FLASH: Flash 5; new player install necessary?

[Matthew Buchanan]

> My personal recommendations:

> 

> - --  Keep doing what you're doing, in Macromedia Flash 4... this will work

> as it always has, and if you're on deadline, then nothing beats polished

> familiarity.

> 

> - --  Please do install the current beta Macromedia Flash 5 Player and make

> sure that your current work plays identically... if there's any divergence,

> we need to know it now!!  It's at

> http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/ , and I think the

>

current feedback address may be wish-flashmacromedia [dot] com.

> 

> - --  When the Macromedia Flash 5 authoring environment arrives towards

> September, take some time to play with it, run it through some test work,

> before taking on a job with it. If you'll be using the new features, then

> great, make sure your audience has the Macromedia Flash 5 Player. If you'll

> not be using new features, then using either the 4.0 or 5.0 authoring

> environments... the 5.0 is easier to use, but you'll have to check your

> feature choices, so 4.0 may be faster to develop old files in, your call

> though.

> 

> How do these angles sound to folks on the list...?


Well put John, I'm just looking forward to having a tinker with the

new interface. One question I do have is this: if I load a v4 .fla file

into the v5 authoring environment, will it reformat my ActionScript

to match the new JavaScript-like syntax? Or leave my script as it is

and still understand it?


Matt



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