Relax, guys. It has not been my intention to put anyone down. On the contrary, it was constructive criticism and nothing else.
Let's be a family again; the sites are beautiful: no flaws are perceived and no improvement is necessary. We can all now go back to our "real" jobs. :-) >Wrong. It's Mike's site, he worked on it, and he arranged the hosting. It is >not a Macromedia site, just like my sites are not. Sure, my site needs work, >heck I am still running code I wrote for CF2 which I am still meaning to >redo, but some of us have real jobs to do, and personal projects are a lower >priority. And no, I'd not want Macromedia (or anyone else for that matter) >getting involved in what my sites are and do or how they do it. I keep my >sites separate because they are my sites, and I am thus free to use them as >I see fit. > >As for the content on cfform.com being "clumsily put together", most are >volunteered by developers just like yourself, developers who also (I assume) >have real jobs. If you want better examples, just write them. Mike will be >more than happy to post them for you. > >--- Ben > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Irvin Gomez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:16 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: New CFFORM website > >Mike IS a Macromedia employee, so odds are these project is somehow >sponsored or at least sanctioned by Mike's employer. > >And yes, I agree with you that it's a good thing to see this type of >project. That said, I still believe that it would be in everybody's best >interest (especially Macromedia's, for obvious reasons) that the examples >and site are a showcase for the <cfform> tag. So far, it isn't. In my >opinion it's a little too unpolished; hopefully it will get better with >time. > >I personally think Macromedia should pay far more attention to the >"cosmetic" side of its technology. Macromedia-related sites that promote >Macromedia products, like Ben Forta's site (notice I said "related", not >sponsored, because I don't know the exact nature of the relationship) should >be made to look as good as possible, even if it means Macromedia has to >shell out a few grand in the process. As it is, they don't do a very good >job of showcasing Macromedia's technology. > >But, then again, that's just my opinion... :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200401 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
