Well, I'll probably skip 10 billion details including IDE features, but here goes my 2 minute stint on the good stuff:
Flash Player 5 --------------- - introduced ActionScript the programming language, matching JavaScript - introduced the XML object. Slow as nuts, but she worked - introduced the XMLSocket object... AJAX still ain't got sockets - introduced the Object structure to the language - prototype was born (at least, you could screw with it) - ... and so was the rebel alliance (Class.prototype = new MovieClip() vs. Class.prototype.__proto__ = MovieClip.prototype) - attachMovie; make something from nothing vs. duplicateMovieClip; create a something from something Flash Player 6 --------------- - introduced object events (like onPress, onRelease, onMouseMove) - #initclip/#endinitclip born to allow control of initialization order of components - Object.registerClass used in tandem with above led to re-usable components, and the birth of re-usable Flash widgets (SmartClips existed in Flash 5 but didn't take off like they did in 6) - TextFields became a class, and you could create them dynamically - non-progressive JPG's could be loaded dynamically - mp3's could be loaded dynamically - you could draw vectors via the drawing API - you could play real-time streaming video & audio, as well as broadcast video & audio from your webcam and microphone - Local Shared Objects (aka Flash cookies) - Remote Shared Objects - mask device text at 6.0.41.0 - bytecode optimizations at 6.0.65.0 - remote EXE installation into secure sandbox at 6.0.65.0 via System.Product from https://www.macromedia.com. Currently only 3 exist (Flash Player 8, Breeze Player, Central) - helpful methods added to the ActionScript language - zLib compression - infamous settings panel - faster XML parsing Flash Player 7 --------------- - ActionScript 2 - ECMA 2-3 'ish. We now have a class based language. Cool thing is, it still allows you to compile to Flash Player 6 since ActionScript 2 creates ActionScript 1 bytecode. - middle-mouse scrolling - TextSnapshot added so FlashPaper could be made - dynamic loading of FLV's (don't need Flash Communication Server) - MovieClip context menu - a few helpful methods added to AS2 - faster XML parsing Flash Player 8 --------------- - effects - Blur, DropShadow, etc. all built into the player - Bitmap drawing features with API's for AS2 - hardware accelerated Mac Player - load any JPG, GIF, and PNG dynamically - new garbage collector - sub-movie clip context menus - a few helpful methods added to AS2 - the f'ing annoying local & remote security (but needed to quite the h8ters) - File Upload - other various blitting operations (cacheAsBitmap, scrollRect, etc) - faster XML parsing because of player code optimizations Flash Player 8.5 (as of beta 1) - ActionScript 3 - ECMA 4 compliant, not backwards compatible. JIT compiler goes to machine code, and is a true class based language - runtime exceptions - read-only prototype - traits helpful in speeding up inheritance lookups - additional datatypes like int, uint, and * - EventDispatcher built-in (biggest bottleneck in pre-8.5 projects) - binary Sockets - E4X - ecma for xml - a new Sprite; like a MovieClip, but without the frames - DisplayList - visual objects are no longer required to use factory functions. attachMovie("SymbolName", "name", depth) becomes var a:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); addChild(a); - ActionScript language cleaned up - faster XML parsing (still faster than E4X, suckaz!) There are tons of other things, but that's the good stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "zikey Han" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] what are differences between Flash5 and FlashMX? The new player features! Thank you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
