I'd upgrade to Flash 8 even though you are doing Flash 6 and 7. It has a
lot of little things that make development quicker. So even though you
are exporting to Flash 7 you can still take advantage of the new text
resizing handles (something I use everyday) and other neat little
changes. Or wait until 8.2 update (if one comes out).
Best,
Judah
Gregory wrote:
Hello flashcoders,
I haven't upgrade to Flash 8 so far. Of course I'll do it soon ;-).
But I have already read some of the manuals (AS reference, components etc)
New features are great, definitely worth buying/using/migrating.
The only question is "when"?
Example:
My product, Dynamic Blend v.2 Flash MX 2004 component, uses Color class (Flash
5-7).
Have a look: http://www.gousable.com/flash/dynBlend.html
Now in Flash 8 Color class became deprecated (in favor of the
flash.geom.ColorTransform class).
No doubt flash.geom.ColorTransform class is better, but it's "flash8-only".
Most other deprecated functions are from Flash 4, so I think Color
class will be supported until version 10 (or even 12 ;-).
On the other hand, during the last year approx. 80% of my clients require
compatibility with
Flash Player 6, and approx 30% - with Flash Player 5!
If possible, I don't want to force user to install something...
I'd like to hear your opinion regarding this.
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