Re: FLASH: (OT) Production Technique -> File Extensions

[KJ]

>Hi Kevin,

>I absolutly agree with your sentence "Fact is that all of us should do our

>best to eliminate any bottlenecks or potential problems."

>Xcuse my bad English -


Assuming you are Swiss, you're English is much better than my Swiss or

German Italian or French for that matter.


I meant that I _always_ append those File

>extensions. And that's my advice to all other Mac Users to do so, too.


>But I want to give you another point: these files are installed within the

>\Samples Directory of Flash4 - you can see, that you don't see any

>extensions (should be .fla):

>8-Puzzle

>Alien Race

>Calculator

>Chalkboard

>Dice

>...


Most likely because alot of the people at Macromedia are on MACs. This is

basic common courtesy imo. Just like asking what format someone wants a file

in. If you have a customer-- you work for them, they shouldn't have to work

to work for you.


>Now PLZ tell why a average Mac User should know that the correct extension

>for Flash Editor Files should be ".fla"?


Because, unless there is no likelihood that it will ever go to the rest of

the world that is his responsiblity for choosing a computer that is most

likely not the standard of his customers. They don't need to conform to him,

he needs to conform to them. That's just the real world. Just like the fact

that this list is almost completely in English (not saying that is right or

wrong, that is just the way it is.) If you want to get a point across, it

makes sense to express yourself in in English.


For him everything is workin' fine

>(no excuse, simply a reminder).

>At this point the  turn is back to the Windows User (or may be MM?), who

>IMHO should simply tell the (may be in your eyes - ignorant) Mac User to

>append ".fla" on each Flash Editor File.



Shouldn't have to tell them, imo. It should be common sense. BTW, you and

the other post have already made my point here because both of you said that

you always add the extensions. Not because you need them but because that is

the professional way to do it. Not in any way to imply that both of you

don't have more than common sense. You have extraordinary sense.



Kevin Jackson

kjacksontriskelian [dot] com

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