Re: flash v thingmaker

[Dagon]

David,


Waste no punches dude!


How you managed to go from flash v thing to mac v pc is bizarre.


I agree to a small extend about what you say regards supporting unknown

formats, but you'd do well to remember that a certain plug-in called

'Futureshock' started out as a little-known plug-in/web app.


I recall being utterly unimpressed by it, and have only recently been drawn

into the feature sets of Flash 2/3  - and it's support within Dreamweaver.

So, you could say that I waited till the wave came in before I jumped on my

board.

In retrospect, I wish I'd done it sooner - not just so I'd have been on the

bandwagon earlier, but because software (especially in it's infancy) needs

support and feedback from a userbase, in order to grow the way they want it,

plus I'm having to catch up with the rest of the Flash'ing community.


Don't knock new software, even if it looks crap or non-standard. 'Cause

sometimes, you just end up having your views of an 'underdog' society shoved

up your <!>


P.S. Sounds to me like you opted for the PC because it sounded like a

'steal' too.....(hell, I did - I use Macs for the serious stuff)

atweendial [dot] pipex [dot] com

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From: Dave Smith <

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Date: 13 May 1998 06:20

Subject: Re: flash v thingmaker



>Stephen Britton wrote:

>>

>> On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jason L. Fritts wrote:

>>

>> > Just curious to know what everyone's opinions are regarding ThingMaker

>> > (http://www.thingworld.com).

>

>

>> I would say that ThingMaker is a closer cousin to Director than Flash.

And for $99 it

>> is a steal,

>

>hiya Stephen,

>

>If your a serious web designer and want to make a livelyhood at it dont

>waste your

>time for anything more than what is showing to be standard. You'll be

>wasting alot more

>money in your time than in the "steal" you think the underdog is

>providing.

>

>In the world of internet application there are no underdogs for long.

>Like mother nature only

>the strong survive and I think you can ask anyone on the list who

>designs for the web that when

>your gambling on technology that especially requires a plug-in, you

>better have called your cards

>right.

>

>Vector animation is pointing toward a standard and even though Flash is

>still a gamble in my eyes,

>it still rocks anything else out there that provides the same

>capabilities.

>

>Dir is a whole 'nother story. Bottom line is, IMHO, that flash is geared

>more toward interactive navigation and creative interface design,

>instead of director which is geared more toward gaming and object

>controlled enviroments. Director simply has not presented itself as a

>web standard simply because of access technology.

>We are still in a 28.8 world and if someone wants to play games they're

>not gona wait around for a 500kbs

>file to load instead of sticking a cd in the puter and spend there time

>playing something mush more dynamic.

>Not enough at least to get the attention of serious clients.

>

>Internet is geared toward navigtion and this is what Flash does best and

>why its gotten so much hype,

>not to mention the streaming capabilities and open file access.

>

>It itself is still a gamble, but more clients are getting interested in

>it quicker than anything else.

>

>To invest your time in anything else like it would be a much greater

>gamble.

>

>I hate to say it, but in the world of online the ole saying "If you cant

>beat 'em join'

>'em is irrelevant. Simply be the first to hop on the bandwagon and

>master the technology.

>

>Thats one reason when I came from traditional illustration to digital

>design I bought a PC.

>

>even though Mac has much simpler interface and has come from standard

>use of designers, it simply has not

>prevailed over Wintel which now carries all Adobe software and much more

>proggys to assist it.

>

>No insult to mac users but most can agree when it comes to a "unifying"

>standard on a global network theres

>not many winners, only loosers. It sucks but its true.

>

>Think more about your own future instead of companies doomed for

>failure.

>

>Because in internet application theres only a few beasts on top of the

>food chain.

>and they eat, boy do they eat!

>

>-DG-

>

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