HTML hardly has any controls, compared to c/s environments such as VC++, VB, or Java.
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Wheatley) Date: Friday, March 7, 2003 9:26 am Subject: Re: Day 3 Opera works! Re: The New Macromedia Website > I was reading Dave Watts post about HTML sucking earlier and i am > reallycurious dave why do you think it sucks. Sure it has a few > weak points but > all the nice pretty flash is just pretty and its > really a pain in the ass how they implemented it on macromedia. I > use the > site everyday i dont need pretty i need it to work and html does that > nicely. Of course html is annoying because its stateless yadda yadda. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: Day 3 Opera works! Re: The New Macromedia Website > > > Thought this link might be of interest to you all. > > http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/001871.cfm > > Its an article on Mike Chamber's blog, by Tony Lopez, Executive > Producer of > Macromedia. > > Please note the links to the survey and feedback pages at the > bottom of the > article. These are the appropriate places to make a response. > > Regards > > Stephen > ================================== > CF-Europe http://www.cf-europe.org/ > Olymia Conference Centre, London > 29-30 May 2003 > Keynote by Ben Forta and Tim Buntel > Discount tickets before March 14th 2003 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Willy Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:14 PM > Subject: Day 3 Opera works! Re: The New Macromedia Website > > > > Except for the Download page that tells Opera users to "Please > Use a > > Supported Browser". Baby steps, I guess. Hopefully they'll get > that> working at some point soon. > > > > The home page is working great. So, as a developer who's doing some > > remoting, some RIAs (regardless of how *that* thread pans out), I'm > > intensly curious: What *exactly* was the problem, and will it > effect> me, as I build RIAs? > > > > Willy > > > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/07/03 05:18AM >>> > > Ahh good I am quite happy now that it was finally fixed so I can see > > the > > site. > > That song on the front page is nice for all of 2 seconds and > then it > > burns > > into your skull lol. > > > > But looks like its not quite as laggy as it was in ie other 2 days. > > > > Kudos MM for at least letting those people who like a good > browser :) > > (Opera) to use your site. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sean A Corfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:31 AM > > Subject: Re: The New Macromedia Website > > > > > > On Thursday, Mar 6, 2003, at 14:08 US/Pacific, Adrocknaphobia Jones > > wrote: > > > For the last few years I've been telling upper management that > I can > > > cut > > > costs, raise quality, and employ less developers. Cold Fusion > is the > > > solution for us. Am I supposed to go to them and say, I need 3 > times> > the > > > budget per project and quadruple my department size > > > > I'm not sure why you think you need to do this? No one is > forcing you > > to abandon CF nor forcing you to use Flash - you can continue to > sell> your "CF is cheap" position and continue building great sites, > > quickly. > > CF is great for that. > > > > > But last month I > > > noticed a large part of this community actively learning .NET. > > > > I'd hope large parts of this community would be constantly learning > > about technology. That's what makes everyone a better programmer. > > That's why people take courses, for example. > > > > > My underlying issue is that Macromedia is very fickle. I can't > tell> you > > > where they are going to be in a year. Which mean I don't know > where> I, > > > a > > > MM developer will be in a year either. > > > > Well, I don't think anyone can realistically argue the new site > hasn't> been fully sign-posted. Anyone who is surprised by our RIA > deployment> has, frankly, been living under a stone :) > > > > And it is purely evolution. It's CF on the back end, several of the > > apps are pure CF. Nothing shocking there. We have just four RIAs on > > the > > new site - there are five pure CF applications. People have been > using> Flash UIs on CF apps for quite some time, certainly prior > to the MX > > launches. > > > > Macromedia has been roundly criticized for not using our own > > technology > > and for being a few releases behind the leading edge. Now we're > up to > > date. You can't really criticize us for pushing the envelope... > > > > 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 Your ad could be here. 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