Well, I've coded years with AS2 and I have to say, except for the problem with loaded SWF, which will probably be solved soon: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/07/additional_info.html, I'm not missing AS2 at all!! I'm not from another language but AS3 is a lot cleaner, nothing to compare. So yes, I guess it is easier to use.
Probably because I'm not using a lot the flash IDE, but I can understand that for people who are using it or to make quick dirty test, some old AS features can be missed. Romu -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: 17 July 2008 15:11 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Sacks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flash Coders List" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0 > Everyone forgets their roots. Nobody remembers what it was like when they > were first learning Flash and learning the basics of programming. > > Colin Moock forgot his roots when six months ago he wrote an article about > how easy AS3 was to learn and how n00bs should be learning it right out > the gate. > > Colin Moock has now remembered his roots and written what amounts to an > effective retraction of his original article. > > Anyone who looks at the archives of Flashcoders knows where I stand on > this issue. People who say all these features in AS3 are much better are > either > > 1. Experienced, talented coders, or people who came from other programming > languages. > > 2. See 1. > > Yes, it's really bad to put scripts on MovieClips or nested in some > timeline somewhere. But, it's also really good for some designer who just > needs to get some glorified banner out the door. > > Yes, it's questionable OOP to use _parent._parent, and it's certainly hard > to maintain, but it's also really good for some animator who just needs to > set the text of some TextField two levels up. > > Advanced coders often take their intelligence and knowledge for granted. I'll put myself in the "or people who came from other programming languages." camp. As such I find AS3 far easier than AS2, which seems very quircky by comparison. I think the main reason there appears to be some bad feeling about AS3 is that (naturally enough) people get familiar with things and don't like to see them change. My opinion is that for flash newbies AS3 is far simpler to learn than trying to get to grips with the idiosynchacies of AS2. I'll freely admit that if you have an easy animation job that's disposable, AS1 is the way to do it. Generally speaking I'm with Patrick not Moock on this one, but as you say it probably depends on your background where your sympathies lie. Paul > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders