Unity is pretty kick-ass, but Unity != Flash They serve two different purposes. Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, whereas Flash is more encompassing -- i.e. it is not strictly a gaming platform, in fact though it is used quite a bit for online games, that is not its main purpose.
You can't build a website in Unity... therefore, the only real semi-contender to Flash is Silverlight, I really don't think Flash is in too much danger at the moment. On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Joel Stransky <[email protected]> wrote: > Disk space will be the least of all issues. What you say about Quark is > quite relevant. I would say it's already happening. I'd have never become a > developer if it weren't for the actionscript 1.0 on-ramp. But after 9 years, > I'm seriously considering a move to full time Unity development. There's no > reason at all that Unity can't experience the same ubiquity as the > flashplayer with a more seamless installer. Once macromedia started the > built in upgrading with fp v6, new version adoption sped up dramatically. > The recently released fp10 penetration numbers are impressive to say the > least. > > More on point, the lack of flashplayer on iPhone is purely control and well > within Apple's rights. I support lawful profit security. But it does not > close the gate completely on porting actionscript/flex based apps to the > iPhone. Just yesterday I was reading > here<http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/2008/11/28/adobe-alchemy-is-it-actionscript-heresy/>about > C++ conversion. You all remember the Quake demo I'm sure. There's no > secret agreement between Unity and Apple that I know of, Unity has simply > created a great compiler for an already supported language. I think it's > quite possible to create a similar tool for actionscript and flex. > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Glen Pike <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Naturally, to get the optimum feature set you will need to buy the whole >>> A-Phone suite, A-SatNav, A-PhotoDevice, etc to get the best from the >>> A-Phone, further slimming the wallet. On the downside you will require a >>> pocket a foot square to put it all in.. ;-) >>> >> And another pocket a foot square for the hard disk needed to install all >> the common files... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > > -- > --Joel Stransky > stranskydesign.com > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
