On 8/18/06, Meinte van't Kruis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
actually the flash 9 player is the current version, allthough I doubt many
people
in the world have it, since version 8 just got released not too long ago.
Tho I do think
releasing something in version 8 isn't that big a deal, since alot of people
have it
allready (
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html
).
cheers,
Meinte
On 8/18/06, Count Schemula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Seems like the landscape is:
>
> Flash IDE 8 and Flash Player 8 is current. Player 8 offers some nice
> features like blurs, drop shadows, really really nice anti-aliased
> text and bitmap manipulation.
>
> Thing is, Flash Player 7 is better seeded in the world, so, if you
> publish to Player 8, you need to run swfobject or Adobe's Express
> Install to check player version and force an upgrade to player 8. Not
> _too_ hard on the user, but, they still have to experience a player
> upgrade.
>
> It is still quite common to use Flash MX2004 or Flash IDE 8 and
> publish to player 7.
>
> Flash Player 9 is kind of a bridge to the future? It has many
> performance improvements, and can use AS3. Flash IDE 9 will use AS3
> and Player 9, but you can start tinkering around with AS3 now if you
> want.
>
> If you think some of the features of Player 8 are worth it (the text
> rendering is a lot better, shadows and blurs are a welcome addition)
> then check for and force the player upgrade.
>
> Flex uses AS3, so, there is that connection Adobe is using to get
> Flash developers going on the transition. Seems like Flex is going to
> take over the RIA market and Flash will be used for multimedia widgets
> and stuff like you already see out there now.
>
> I'm no expert, but that's my understanding of the situation.
>
> On 8/17/06, GregoryN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello Flashcoders,
> >
> > I'm a bit confused with waterfall of all these new terms :-).
> > Can't find all answers at the Adobe site so far...
> >
> > As far as I can judge, current Flash version is 8, but
> > - on product and Version Penetration pages it's 8
> > - latest Flash Player offered is v.9
> > - you're discussing AS3 and even Flash 9 IDE here in the list
> >
> > So, can anyone clarify the current situation with Flash versions?
> > What about expected in the nearest future (till the end of 2006)?
> >
> > Please excuse me if this question seems dumb for you.
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