I'm not suggesting Unity is a replacement for flash so much as that it's worth having a viable market. I'd like to be able to tell a client some day who has a banner campaign only capable in Unity that it has a large enough install base.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Taka Kojima <t...@gigafied.com> wrote: > 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 > <stranskydes...@gmail.com> 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 <g...@engineeredarts.co.uk > >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 > >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --Joel Stransky > > stranskydesign.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
