Hi John, Yes, I watch the traffic too and find it interesting, but not really startling. I wouldn't read TOO much into it. Just so you know, at this time last year Flashcoders traffic was about the same as Flexcoders, but now it's about a quarter of Flexcoders traffic as well.
I would trust, too, that you really wouldn't be all THAT tainted, maybe in this case poking a dog with a stick, but I think there is plenty of work to go around and that such pokes are probably still pretty good natured. There are a couple of reasons I'd suggest for what you've noticed. The first is that because it's open source, most serious user's really become developers at some point, which I think is a part of the juice of open source. I think I've made more posts in dev than in user, even though most of the time I'm really just a user. More significantly, It's just that after some time the "use" becomes not that interesting. You figured stuff out. I think the last time I put up a traditional content question on Flashcoders was in the last millenium, but I still develop flash applications and stay current with it and stay subscribed. There just aren't as many questions(problems) to motivate posting. Similar with Laszlo, there were a lot of questions when 3 was fresh and new. Now, the questions and problems have more or less been answered, the docs are more up to date and searches bring answers. I look forward to flash9 and hope that it reinvigorates flashcoders, but actionscript references are so much better now that that must be taking a toll on the flash user lists as well. Once was, if you relied on the docs you were doomed and needed the folk knowledge of the groups, but the as3 docs seem top notch and has an effect. _______________________________________________ [email protected] 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
