"I could have saved them a TON of trouble by letting them know that Flash wasn't going to make it the first time I had a look at it. "
Wow, seriously? I think Dave said it best. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > > > I could have saved them a TON of trouble by letting them > > know that Flash wasn't going to make it the first time I had a > > look at it. I came from a video editing background and it was > > very similar with the use of the timeline. And it was extremely > > labor intensive, as is video production (especially at first when it was > just an > > animation generator). So much so that I knew no one was going to > > pay enough money for the labor it required just to produce > > something "flashy" :o) for their site. I WANTED to use it, but > > just couldn't justify the cost of the software, the charges to a > > client, nor the time it took me to create something that wouldn't > > even run on all interfaces equally. > > > > I just had the realization, long before Adobe about it, that it > > was going to fail in the end. They should have put their time and > > effort into CF... > > You do realize, though, that Flash WAS a successful product for many, > many years, and lots of people did, in fact, pay enough money for the > labor to create things that couldn't be created in HTML? Right? I > mean, it was around for fifteen years. I know lots of people who > worked full-time doing Flash and Flex work. Lots of people could and > did justify the purchase of Flash development tools. > > You also realize the reasons Flash "didn't make it" have nothing to do > with any of the items you stated, right? > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
