Preamble: This is not gospel, this is not majority, this isn't anything by my opinion :)
In the past, I've had mixed experiences with MM/Adobe's site for help. Most of the time, I honestly have to check for the last revision date to make sure I'm not reading something that's 2 years old. There have been times that I've found the answer there, but the vast majority of answer come from blogs these days. What's cool about the blog entries is I can get to the author right away with a comment or email and I usually have the benefit of other comments which might not only clarify the blog's post, but actually offer another reference. That and I now have 5+ other people I can email about the post and get help from them. So, my initial reaction to "why don't I go to adobe first?" is that it seems kinda narrow and not nearly as complete. Often the searches just didn't bring back what I was looking for. And just to say it out loud - yes, I continually try the adobe site JUST incase the answer is there. I do, however, go to live docs frequently just to see if other people have posted comments on the subject I'm after. After I've looked everywhere else, I go to FlashCoders ;) The theme here is the benefit of other people's reactions/comments to an article are invaluable. The funny thing that happens sometimes is that i get better search results using google.com that include pages on marcomedia.com/livedocs rather than the google search on the MM site. I couldn't answer why, but maybe it's just because I get my answer out there - who knows. Maybe its the indexing - no clue. </ my2Cents> On 4/10/06, John Dowdell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stephen Ford wrote: > > What happens if a user doesn't have javascript enabled in their browser > for the recommended Macromedia solution (see link: > http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html) to > this whole Active X debacle ? > > This is answered at the Adobe Active Content Center: > "What about users who have JavaScript turned off?" > > http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html#nojavascript > > (NOSCRIPT was originally for browsers which did not have any JavaScript > interpreter, rather than for a browser whose owner disabled JavaScript, > but what I've been seeing anecdotally the last few versions is that most > browsers have switched over to reading NOSCRIPT when JS is turned off. > It would be great if there were openwiki documentation of browser > differences, however.) > > > Related question: Do you see reasons why so much of this conversation > about ActiveX changes in the Microsoft browser has avoided the source > material on the Adobe site? Reporters are frequently getting the facts > wrong ("ads won't play" etc), and on the lists there's sort of a > goldrush to be handrolling other solutions. Any ideas I should consider > here? Thanks. > > > jd > > > > > -- > John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA > Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd > Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna > Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- John Grden - Blitz _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
