Ian Thomas wrote:
> It was quite some time ago now, but we had a lot of problems with Zinc's > stability; in particular, upgrades to Zinc broke existing (critical for > us) functionality and a fix wasn't issued for several months. > > As a result, we moved away from the product. I haven't used Zinc, so I can't comment on it. Adobe does publish two very viable alternatives, AIR and Director. Personally, I would go with the Adobe product--my choice is Director because it is so powerful in its own right, and because it's what I'm familiar with (and also what I own a license for). It is well integrated with Flash, and was the standard for multimedia applications for nearly a decade before Flash came of age. Adobe have announced a new version Real Soon Now, so the "Director is Dead" rumors are false. Except for 3D, it's not a real viable Web platform, but it's unrivaled on the desktop. I do know that the new version of Director will support Unicode--that's public knowledge. I don't have specific knowledge of other capabilities, but I'm hoping that MacIntel support will be in the new version. Flash remains my choice for RIA's, but I haven't found anything better than Director for the desktop or for a Flash wrapper for desktop apps. Cordially, Kerry Thompson _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
