Go try it. Build something small, and you'll be on board lickety-split. ----- Original Message ----- From: "judah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Macromedia unveiling Flex 2 and Flash9 :communication or cacophony ?
Same emotional ride here plus more (flash component developer). If Macromedia wants to get programmers on board to Flex Builder they need to make it an attractive price. We have already spent and invested time, money and more to get to the level where we are at. Even if they set the price (say $1000 or $600) is what it's worth, you would still put off many of the people that might want to embrace it because it is too steep a jump for those that just purchased Flash 8 or Macromedia Studio. Like the XBOX and Playstation and all the consoles, they may need to do something to get people on board especially the people that have supported them and rallied for Flash for so long. Best Regards, Judah Frangipane JesterXL wrote: >You've hit most of the Flash to Flex emotional ride. You appear to be on >frustration. > >Here are the phases: >- indifference >- exploration >- contemplation >- understanding of segmentation >- frustration >- renewal >- decision > >To elaborate, one hear's about Flex. Sounds interesting, but they aren't >sure what it's about. Their curiosity is destroyed when they hear about >the >price. Some has been re-kindled by the preliminary price announcement as >well as all the Flex 2 announcments. > >You learn and explore what Flex is all about, what it has that Flash does >not. You comprehend how to develop Flex apps. > >You contemplate how would this apply to you? To your current target work >market? Do you build apps or souped-up functional websites? Games? Where >does Flex fit? > >You then the see the segmentation of Flex and Flash's goals. Flex >originally got the enterprise developers on board, and is now taking the >rest of the programmers with it al la Flex 2. Flash 8 glaringly points out >the difference when you compare the two. > >You get frustrated; wtf? 15,000k + a server requirement for 3 year-old >components? This isn't fair! Do they not care about the people who got >them here? Hell, the AJAX'ers stole OUR MONIKER! > >Renewal, which thankfully came about via Flex 2's annoucement, is the >attainable price range, with features that are marketable vs. workflows >that >are desriable for a developer but hard to sell as ROI. Both Flex and >ActionScript projects are supported, the speed is way up to par, the new >features are tight, and the language is sweet... and you can play and give >feedback before it's even released. > >Decision; what to do? > >A looooong time ago, Nigel tried to predict what this meant for Flash >Developers: >http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flex/articles/flash_perspective.html > >There are existing markets that will embrace this, others shun, and new >markets will be created. > >Where do you fit in? THAT is the real question, not what an RIA is, but >what will we make an RIA become? > > > -- "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing." "You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose." - Abraham Lincoln _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
