Re: FLASH: CD Rom production - Director is so bogus

[Roger Smith]

King McCarthy wrote:

> 

> Rodge,

> 

> Why can't Director make exe's on both platforms?  That is a valid question,

> since we are talking about output, not running the program itself.


but the output is a program, it's a different kettle of

fish. The issue of paying for both platform versions of the

program is different from Director exe's needing to be made

on the platform they are intended for, so no one please

confuse the issue. One is technical, one is  business. I'm

concerned with the technical in this case. Phoppy files are

fine, because it's a file, you use a program to read. Like

wise with shockwave stuff, you need a browser with the plug

in to read it. OKay flash standalone exe's are different,

but its a completely different thing to director. Flash can

do it, so why cant director? Well, director and flash are

different authoring environments, for different purposes.

They each have their own merits. But Director has many more

sytem resources asked of it, it has to have the capacity to

do far more complex tasks.


> Should you have to purchase two copies of Flash to have your creations play

> on both a PC and Mac?  PhotoShop DOES create graphics that display on both

> platforms. No one is asking  for one copy of PhotoShop itself to run on both

> platforms, just the output.  The same holds true for Director.


it doesnt, because we are talking about platform specific

exe's, as opposed to a file neading an exe to read it.


Cheers


Rodge



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