Nice post - I agree with most of what you have said... although just a comment on this one, "it seems like Flash may need to become two apps in the long run. Or rather, EXPLICITLY become two apps"
It already has: Flash CS3 and Flexbuilder. Adobe is working on other tools too to ease the workflow between Flash and Flex and other Adobe products. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>Of Matt S. >>Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:36 AM >>To: Flash Coders List >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0 >> >>On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Meinte van't Kruis >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I don't see why people make such a distinction between designer and >>> programmer, I think, espessially in the flash environment, this >>> distinction is very vague and you'll see alot of designers doing >>> programmer work and vice versa. >> >>Thats true, mostly, but with the arrival of AS3 that has >>changed somewhat. As a creative-turned-developer, I'm quite >>comfortable with >>AS3 and for the most part havent looked back or missed AS2 at >>all (except when I have to relearn how to do something for >>the first time on deadline ;) ). But I think part of the >>problem is the increasingly schizophrenic nature of Flash's >>"identity" as an application. Even with the advent of AS3, >>its still unclear what defines a Flash "designer" or Flash >>"developer", especially to people coming to it fresh who may >>be misled by bad teachers or "learn flash in 10 minutes! >>make a bouncing bunny!" articles in magazines which still >>teach it as a Timeline application. Even the Flash >>documentation still focuses heavily on the Timeline, tweening >>etc in the early chapters, even though thats practically >>deprecated at this point. And Flash still has friggin SCENES >>despite those being about as looked down upon as cheese on >>fish for like 3 years now. I still have people tell me all >>the time that they "know flash", and when they show me their >>work its a timeline-based animation. Which is totally fine of >>course, but the problem is that they *dont even know* that >>what they're showing me has very little to do with what Flash >>currently has become. They may not even realize that those >>amazing Flash sites they see online dont have the slightest >>connection to their cute little timeline work, despite their >>both being built "in flash", and when I explain that, there >>is genuine confusion. After all, they bought Flash CS3, >>cracked the owners manual, and looky here, the whole first >>section is all about timelines, tweens, keyframes etc, and >>Actionscript comes later. >> >>Which is not to blame anyone. >> >>.m >>_______________________________________________ >>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
