OK got to get this out of my system - I've been itching to post it for months but 'held my tongue', alas no more: Steven you're obviously a talented guy, but my God you have an attitude - is noone allowed to have a different opinion to you? You don't discuss, you object constantly, shoot down, or just plane dismiss out of hand other peoples ideas and opinions unless they follow your train of thought. It isn't polite. Please now accept my most humble apologies for posting that - completely out of character on my behalf but something (as aforementioned) I needed to get out of my system I too suffered with the original Screenweaver - but as of yet have not tried screenweaver HX on anything more than a fleeting demo, so will not pass judgement, or comment by posting a list of faults on a previous version. I'm sure mProjector is really brilliant, the db's, the bees knees, I can feel myself baked in it's golden rays as it bends over to tie its shoelaces (and if you haven't got a free copy by now Steven they really aren't watching this list properly.) Competition is healthy and to be encouraged As I read it Nicolas was proposing that as Screenweaver is "free", then it would undoubtdly do "no harm whatsoever" to give it a go and see if it does what the original post required. Apparently he was a little to succinct with his suggestion, a four page diatribe may well stand him in better stead next time. Keep on with the good flash man. Mike
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: Tue 03/10/2006 19:08 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Projector Wrapper Promoting it is one thing, but his post was not a promotional post, but more that of a call to action from an impartial party, which he is not. I don't think Screenweaver being open and free makes it better considering Screenweaver before it was open and free was, simply put, bad. Here are some facts about Screenweaver. It was extremely buggy, had features that simply did not work, was unstable and would crash without warning and with no notification, had issues with ATI cards when Microsoft Outlook was open, had issues where the CPU usage would spike to 99% and never release making Windows (and the SW app) unresponsive requiring a task manager force quit, had a terrible API for doing the most simple things (something like 15-20 lines of code to make a system tray icon compared to ONE line of code in mProjector, had many functions required 5+ arguments, which reflects poor planning) And the list goes on and on. I wouldn't recommend trusting anything that was based on such bad code unless it was completely rewritten from scratch, which I'm not sure it was. Contrary to that, mProjector has always been rock solid and well thought out and has had asynchronous support since the beginning while all other wrapper developers could not figure how to do it for years. Let me stress that - for years nobody knew how the author of mProjector provided asynchronous support despite their best efforts, and there was plenty of effort from all the wrapper developers. Now that the facts are out of the way, it's time for my opinions. I invite anyone to share a negative experience they had with mProjector (I've never seen or heard a single one), but you can search the archives and there are plenty of developers in the community who have had plenty of negative experiences with Screenweaver. Other wrappers like SWFStudio and Zinc, while not as solid as mProjector, were far more stable than Screenweaver. I would trust any wrapper except Screenweaver to handle functionality that mProjector doesn't have. IMO, the reason Screenweaver was made open source is because it was a mess and the only way to clean it up was to invite other coders to get involved and help fix all its problems. I'm all for open source, but the original Screenweaver code was so bad, I can't bring myself to rely on it. All this being said, major companies trust mProjector as their wrapper of choice for mass deployment. Companies like The Weather Channel, DirecTV, Fox Interactive, Earthlink, and Turner Broadcasting. I think the paltry $199 (or $300 for both platforms) is worth the peace of mind of owning the most solid, well-built, best API, easiest to use Flash wrapper on the market. _______________________________________________ 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
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