>From what I could see the enhancements to FMX are strongly focused on designer tools - giving the designer tools that really were long overdue.
I'm probably the only Mac user in the group so this may only be of interest to me, but it should be interesting to see how FlashMX for Mac, will Interact with ColdFusionMX - will the Win and Mac versions of FMX remain relatively similar or if the Win version will get added features OR if MM will finally bring CFServer (please, please) to OS X or at least give us Mac users equivalent tools CF tools - BBEdit on the Mac is great but MM really skimps by bundling BBEdit Lite with the Mac versions of its products. And Studio has such a beautiful interface, although I have become accustomed to BBEdit's interface. And being that I do a decent amount of Director stuff, I'd also like to see how Director and CF will merge - sure would be sweet to natively code CF in Director, to use Director in place of a web browser... the ability to package a complete CF app (DB and all) into a Director executable or even a Flash Player file. Probably just my wishful thinking again. Karl > From: "Marcus Augustus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 14:30:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] Flash MX is announced > > > Hi Dave, > > I am not surprised at all that there hasn't been a lot of excitment about > Flash MX. As I see it most Flash developers are "designers", and although I > am generalizing their skills are composed mostly of creating slick > animations that have little relation to function, its mostly a question of > form. Therefore you have 2 camps... those that develop on the server side, > and those that develop on the client side. > It was Flash's socket capability that got me excited about working with > Flash as a Client interface. > The last couple of projects I have been working on have certainly taken > Flash to its limits in terms of server side communication. Although I am at > quite a comfortable level developing some of the action scripts that > facilitate http transactions, it is by no means problem or bug free. > Flash has a great interface for developing time-frame based animations with > support for many forms of image and audio mediums. However, the > "programming" part has left me with that hollow feeling. And its not that I > stepping away from the apis that MM provides, but its simplicity disguises > its flaws. > > That being said, I have yet to test out the new features of MX, so perhaps > there is something still to get excited about. > > -marcus > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Dave Yang" > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] Flash MX is announced > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:30:18 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Received: from [209.167.227.131] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > MHotMailBE4ECAA700BE40043155D1A7E38331880; Tue, 05 Mar 2002 18:32:22 -0800 > Received: from localhost (mail@localhost)by hummm.infopreneur.net > (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA19064;Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:29:57 -0500 > Received: by hummm.infopreneur.net (bulk_mailer v1.12); Tue, 5 Mar 2002 > 21:28:31 -0500 > Received: (from major@localhost)by hummm.infopreneur.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) id > VAA19045for cfug-outgoing; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:28:31 -0500 > Received: from tomts8-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts8.bellnexxia.net > [209.226.175.52])by hummm.infopreneur.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id > VAA19041for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:28:30 -0500 > Received: from p3800e ([64.231.62.30]) by tomts8-srv.bellnexxia.net > (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with SMTP id > <20020306023019.GCTM2871.tomts8-srv.bellnexxia.net@p3800e> for ; Tue, 5 Mar > 2002 21:30:19 -0500 > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 05 Mar 2002 18:32:50 -0800 > Message-ID: > X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > In-Reply-To: > Importance: Normal > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm surprised there's not a single message since in this thread. As > ColdFusion developers, what do you think of Flash in general? > The whole MX branding is going to change a lot of things for developers and > designers. With ColdFusion skills, we're already ahead of the game. However, > when combined with other technologies such as Flash MX and the other server > technologies to come, they're going to have a huge impact on the way people > communicate and use the web. > Dave Yang - Quantumwave Interactive Inc. > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > http://www.quantumwave.com >> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Towes Sent: Monday, >> March 04, 2002 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CFTALKTor] >> Flash MX is announced Importance: High >> >> >> >> Hey Toronto CFUGers the next Generation of Flash is upon us! >> http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2002/flash_mx.html >> >> -- let me just say that if you know ColdFusion, you are in a great position >> for the future. (how vague is that, huh).. but seriously.. think about >> it... Macromedia is the maker of both FlashMX AND ColdFusion... what do you >> think is going to happen! Get good at ColdFusion.. Get good at Functions. >> Take some lessons in Object oriented programming, if you can -- learn JAVA! >> >> -- CFNorth will be a great opportunity to get some clarity on this >> >> FlashMX will be available for Download on March 15th... from >> Macromedia.com. >> >> ..kevinTowes(); >> >> >> here are some other links you might find interesting. >> >> >> Macromedia http://www.macromedia.com/ >> >> Macromedia Unveils Macromedia Flash MX >> http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2002/flash_mx.html >> >> Macromedia Previews New Flash MX Server Technologies >> http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2002/flash_mx_apps.html >> >> Macromedia Provides Accessibility Solution For Flash >> http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2002/flash_mx_accessibilit >> y.html >> >> Flash MX Enhances User Experiences On Devices >> http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2002/flash_mx_devices.html >> >> Macromedia Designer / Developer Center >> >> Logged in : Macromedia Flash MX, new product, more power >> http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/logged_in/ >> >> JD's Forum : What does MX mean to me? >> http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/jd_forum/ >> >> Macromedia Flash MX http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/ >> >> everything here is new. make sure to also check out the whitepaper section >> for some new whitepapers. >> http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/whitepapers/ > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: "Dave Yang" > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: "Marcus Augustus" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. 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