good points Sean. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean A Corfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Macromedia at Risk (Was OT - Fusebox for Flash?)
> On Saturday, Mar 1, 2003, at 17:22 US/Pacific, dwayne wrote: > > If Flash is serious about being the next Generation Web Interface, > > they must introduce an application that makes it easy to generate > > "Dynamic" RIA. > > I take it you don't think Flash MX is a suitable authoring environment > for Flash movies? > > > But when Macromedia introduced "Contribute" is was insulting. Trust > > me. People attracted to "Contribute" will not be the people that > > build RIA. > > Contribute has a specific target market. That target market does not > include ColdFusion developers (in general) nor does it include Flash > developers. I'm a little puzzled as to why you think it is "insulting"? > > > !!!! Please Remember us ColdFusion Developer Guys !!! > > *smile* Don't worry, we're not forgetting you... We certainly listen! > > > If you help us out we can help you make this RIA thing a reality. > > Right now you are wasting resources helping the wrong people. > > Revitalize ColdFusion Studio and integrate some mechanisms to create > > and manipulate Flash Components. > > Well, neither CF Studio nor HomeSite+ (which is essentially CF Studio > anyway) would be suitable vehicles for developing RIAs. Dreamweaver MX > has integration with Flash MX and Fireworks MX as well as Web Service > browsers and CFC browsers and wizards. If you're looking for a > Macromedia tool to help you build RIAs, you're better off looking at > DWMX + FLMX than anything else. I use DWMX for all my CFMX development > and my ActionScript. Then I use FLMX to create the visual stage and > compile the ActionScript into a movie. That's a pretty good workflow. > > Naturally, we're always looking for specific ways to improve the tools > and RIAs are very important to us so we want to help people build them > more easily. > > Sean A Corfield -- Director, Architecture > Web Technology Group -- Macromedia, Inc. > tel: (415) 252-2287 -- cell: (415) 717-8473 > aim/iChat: seancorfield -- http://www.macromedia.com > An Architect's View -- http://www.macromedia.com/go/arch_blog > > Announcing Macromedia DevNet Subscriptions > Maximize your power with our new premium software subscription > Find out more: http://www.macromedia.com/go/devnetsubs > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

