Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread [p e r c e p t i c o n]
i'm having a difficult time getting it to download fullydownload stops halfway through...anybody else have this problem??? p On 6/20/07, Jon Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 19, 2007, at 4:31 PM, JulianG wrote: I saw this coming... Once Adobe take over Macromedia, things would

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Jon Bradley
On Jun 19, 2007, at 4:31 PM, JulianG wrote: I saw this coming... Once Adobe take over Macromedia, things would start to happen. Bad things, I mean. Still searching to see what can be defined as bad in this thread. How come Flash CS3 Installer is over 400 MB, when Flash 8 was only 110

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Kevin Newman
I think it's interesting to note that additional Adobe CS 3 software, will not take as long to install, since there are many common files shared between all the CS 3 stuff. Still, it is pretty slow. Maybe Adobe could find a way to put all those tiny files into some kind of larger single file

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Kevin Newman
I think it's interesting to note that additional Adobe CS 3 software, will not take as long to install, since there are many common files shared between all the CS 3 stuff. Still, it is pretty slow. Maybe Adobe could find a way to put all those tiny files into some kind of larger single file

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Alias™
over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install! I saw this coming... Once Adobe take over Macromedia, things would start to happen. Bad things, I mean. How come Flash CS3 Installer is over 400 MB, when Flash 8 was only 110 MB?? While I'm writing this the application in being installed (less than 50

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread JulianG
A Bad thing is having to allot 1200 MB for things you don't need. (Flash 8 requires just 190 MB.) I know why the file is 400MB! I know there are millions of files in it. I know that's why it takes so long to install. The point is: should it be done that way? should there be so many files in

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install! Can I just mention that I was totally disgusted that the installer now refuses to install on my secondary laptop, due to it being below the minimum spec. I actually switched to using Corel Draw on that machine. I never thought I'd ever

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-20 Thread Weyert de Boer
Installing Master Edition is going to be fun then... Anyway I suppose you ain't using Vista either? I also comes a lot of crap I don't need and you can't option out that either. Same thing for OSX g Yours, Weyert ___

[Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-19 Thread JulianG
I saw this coming... Once Adobe take over Macromedia, things would start to happen. Bad things, I mean. How come Flash CS3 Installer is over 400 MB, when Flash 8 was only 110 MB?? While I'm writing this the application in being installed (less than 50% progress). How is it possible that it's

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-19 Thread Merrill, Jason
Do you have any URLs I can read about this, if it is just me paranoid? It's the latter. Jason Merrill Bank of America GTO Learning Leadership Development eTools Multimedia Team ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-19 Thread John Dowdell
JulianG wrote: How come Flash CS3 Installer is over 400 MB, when Flash 8 was only 110 MB?? One of the big contributors is the .PSD import... it essentially contains the Photoshop rendering engine. Color management, type libraries, things like that were other big additions. That said, I'm

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-19 Thread Muzak
my laptop which took hours (seriously). They need to look into this if you ask me. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: JulianG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:31 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-19 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
I would suggest having enhancements be optional installations akin to Plug-Ins or Extensions. -Original Message- From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:23 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 over 400 MB! and 25 minutes to install!

2007-06-19 Thread JulianG
John, thanks for your reply. Here's a tip. Provide installation options so users can choose which components to install. I believe some developers don't care about PSD import or other designer tools. I don't. I usually work with someone else's artwork which is delivered to me in a FLA file.