Re: [Flashcoders] Click HTML page through floating Flash movie?

2005-11-01 Thread Brian Mays
Gregory, I'm on a Mac and have tried to do just what you're trying. I've had no luck with it on the Mac at all. Had the same results in the other browsers as well. We never found a way to get it to work. Sorry! Brian Mays On 10/31/05, Gregory_GOusable [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working

Re: [Flashcoders] How are these ads done?

2006-02-10 Thread Brian Mays
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp Does MLB.com play properly in Firefox? There's a Video Highlights box to the right that extends down over HTML. So far it has worked in all the browsers. The Black History/WBC/Spring Training sections look to be static. Is this something similar to what

Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread Brian Mays
, but the rest of us who use Flash on a Mac can't get any more than 2 faces (normal, italic) to work in Flash. That's my 2 cents :-) Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http

[Flashcoders] Testing

2006-05-31 Thread Brian Mays
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Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
Mostly a graphic design oriented forum, but this probably has some areas where you could discuss it. http://forum.howdesign.com/ Good luck, been in your shoes, Brian Mays On 6/1/06 8:56 AM, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone is willing to offlist me and school me

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
I would be interested as well. Brian On 6/1/06 9:16 AM, mike cann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are going to take the discussion private can i ask politely to be CC'ed in too pls as im very interested in this topic too :) ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
there, and if they don't know I imagine they'll tell you some place that might be good for that discussion. Brian Mays On 6/1/06 9:46 AM, Rifled Cloaca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How Design would be a Graphic Design forum, yes? From my experience, graphic designer freelance rates are much lower than

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
I've got some notes on this sort of thing, but I won't have access to them until tonight...and wouldn't do them justice pulling them from memory. I'll see about pulling these together. I don't have a fixed rate for everything I do. If something is a lower type of production, I do lower rates.

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
Manuel, if it's ok I'd like to answer this more in depth once I have access to my notes. For now let me say that arriving at what you want to charge will need to take into account a few financial variables that will actually help with all your freelance estimates from here on out (hopefully!).

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
Actually, a better idea may be for me to place my notes on a site. I'll do that this evening. Thanks, Brian On 6/1/06 10:48 AM, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian- so in that case what's a ballpark for a medium project ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-01 Thread Brian Mays
What you mention about building a portfolio and a reputation is valid. However keep in mind that if you ever try to raise rates with clients that you're a little lower on they'll likely balk. Another thing to keep in mind...if clients aren't willing to pay what you want to make and you know you

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues

2006-06-05 Thread Brian Mays
. ($35,000 for example) $35,000 + 52,000 = 87,000. $87,000/1,428 = $60.92 per hour billable rate - Figure in profit you would like to make, somewhere between 10 20 percent. $60.92 + 10% = $67.01 So this particular example needs to bill hourly at about $67. Hopefully that helps everyone. Brian Mays

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discusspricing issues

2006-06-05 Thread Brian Mays
That was a graphic designer's salary :-) And the book's example :-) On 6/5/06 8:56 AM, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $40k salary? What planet are you on? ;-) It should be twice that at least! ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriatelydiscusspricing issues

2006-06-05 Thread Brian Mays
Many do. But using this number, maybe people can see how they are drastically undercharging for their work. On 6/5/06 9:08 AM, Lee McColl-Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought Graphic Designers were on good salaries. Wow, glad I chose the career path I'm following. With all my

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: Flash coders content degrading (Mark Winterhalder)

2006-06-13 Thread Brian Mays
On 6/13/06 4:29 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You do realize that this is, and always has been, an unmoderated list, right? Now that isn't true at all. I remember back in the early years the OT police jumped on anyone who posted OT stuff. Brendan was behind most of that,

Re: [Flashcoders] Best books about design

2006-08-24 Thread Brian Mays
conceptual standpoint, I'd say check out 2 good graphic design magazines, Communication Arts and HOW Design. Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] Best books about design

2006-08-25 Thread Brian Mays
Great minds think alike :-) Their Interactive Annuals have a good deal of Flash in them. And there's some analysis as to why they chose what they chose to get into the annuals. On Aug 24, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Ryan Potter wrote: That's funny. Comm Arts and How are the only subscriptions I

Re: [Flashcoders] mouse x and y

2008-03-11 Thread Brian Mays
Even those of us who use scenes??? ;-) Brian Mays On 3/11/08 9:17 AM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or Flash_Tiger on Yahoo - we embrace Actionscripters of all types, skill level, donor status and music preference. ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Is Adobe fixing this big FP9 problem?

2008-04-14 Thread Brian Mays
I don't completely understand everything it's describing but I sent it on to our programming team who responded with the words wow...heinous bug. Brian Mays On 4/14/08 12:58 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And just a note here, but the blogosphere is starting to come alive

Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-16 Thread Brian Mays
Awesome. Thanks. This reinforces some points I've been making to so colleagues. Brian Mays On 7/15/08 3:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all, i just published an article called Charges Against ActionScript 3.0 covering the things people don't like about ActionScript 3.0

RE: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-17 Thread Brian Mays
on :-) Feel free to agree or disagree (althought I may not respond quickly because I'm conducting a tour group for 4 hours, YIPES!). Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-17 Thread Brian Mays
On 7/17/08 10:35 AM, Matt S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I think part of the problem is the increasingly schizophrenic nature of Flash's identity as an application. I like that. That's my new mantra :-) Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

2008-07-21 Thread Brian Mays
This has been the pendulum usually swings. Good to hear it. Brian Mays On 7/21/08 6:02 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: adobe has been saying that the next version of flash will be designer-driven so it's maybe something that is being looked

Re: [Flashcoders] DART AS3

2008-07-28 Thread Brian Mays
Hey Manuel. Another DART related question. I notice that when viewing with the Flash 10 player I'm sent alternative static version of our DART files. Any thoughts when the detection might be updated? Brian Mays On 7/28/08 3:50 PM, Manuel Ponce de Leon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Helmut

Re: [Flashcoders] First lesson

2009-03-26 Thread Brian Mays
When I taught Flash students they were always content with letting Flash's nasty default shape tweens do whatever they pleased. Getting them into shape hints was always something that went over well, IF they could wrap their minds around it. Brian Mays On 3/26/09 9:28 AM, laurent laur

Re: [Flashcoders] Taschen Icons - Web Design: Flashfolios

2009-05-14 Thread Brian Mays
That type of thing is why I think so many digital media companies have failed. The ones I've seen succeed charge for time and materials, and that time includes meetings. Brian Mays On 5/14/09 7:07 AM, Matt S. mattsp...@gmail.com wrote: My experience is that time-estimates on these kinds

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: The Vendor Client relationship In real world situations

2009-05-28 Thread Brian Mays
OH too true. I needed this a week ago. Brian Mays On 5/28/09 12:49 PM, Steven Sacks flash...@stevensacks.net wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY This is a work of genius. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Rotation

2010-01-26 Thread Brian Mays
Have you tried the tutorials at kirupa.com? http://www.flashkit.com/ has some tutorials, downloads and forums as well. On 1/26/10 8:04 AM, beno - flashmeb...@gmail.com wrote: On second thought, forget flashnewbie. 3 posts so far this year. Hardly an active list. Other suggestions? beno

RE: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread Brian Mays
video is the only thing Flash is used for. HTML5 also is not only video. I've wondered if a future iteration of Flash will take that into account and give us an Export as HTML 5 button :-) Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders

RE: [Flashcoders] WIRED hates Flash

2010-01-29 Thread Brian Mays
of it as a computer, more a device consolidating things that I would be buying 3 or more devices for. Brian Mays -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com on behalf of Nathan Mynarcik Sent: Fri 1/29/2010 12:17 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-03 Thread Brian Mays
I'm going to chime in to say this current tide reminds me of the hubbub that rose up when this article was written: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001029.html The article's title: Flash is 99% bad. It was published 10 years ago. We've survived and evolved. Brian Mays

Re: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash

2010-02-03 Thread Brian Mays
In 2000 when the article was written there was no such thing as swfaddress, or swfobject. Point being, everything this article criticized ended up being addressed either by Adobe or developers creating solutions for those issues. The uprising that we're seeing the last few days is very similar to

Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread Brian Mays
graphics are targeted to our desktop users. The iPhone users get a site that isn't built to handle graphics like that. The iPad users get a customized site as well. Now we can say our desktop users have their own product :) Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: PDFs, HTML5 and iPads

2010-05-11 Thread Brian Mays
. Thoughts? Brian Mays On 5/11/10 7:48 AM, Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote: Hi list... It seems to me that Flash might not be the tool most threatened by HTML5, but rather the PDF format. HTML5 obviously can't replace all of Flash's capabilities. But, it has all

Re: [Flashcoders] Photo-realistic 3d in as3

2010-08-17 Thread Brian Mays
! Seemed like something might be a good fit. Brian Mays ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple changes their guidelines

2010-09-10 Thread Brian Mays
practically build a website with HTML5 and CSS3 then wrap it all up in an app shell at the end. Brian Mays On 9/10/10 6:01 AM, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.com wrote: This refers to building actual iOS applications for the app store, not web sites. You can't develop iOS apps

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe software used to build Wired magazine

2010-11-17 Thread Brian Mays
A couple of links that might help. http://www.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/ http://www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite/ Brian Mays On 11/17/10 9:22 AM, Gregory Boudreaux gjboudre...@fedex.com wrote: For the iPad... my fault. Thanks for the info. I will do a little searching

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe software used to build Wired magazine

2010-11-17 Thread Brian Mays
Found this one right after I sent: http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/ On 11/17/10 9:22 AM, Gregory Boudreaux gjboudre...@fedex.com wrote: For the iPad... my fault. Thanks for the info. I will do a little searching to see if I can find more about it.

Re: [Flashcoders] Adobe software used to build Wired magazine

2010-11-17 Thread Brian Mays
My initial read on it was an InDesign add-on. I'm not sure that is what it actually is. What is your read on it? On 11/17/10 10:15 AM, Gregory Boudreaux gjboudre...@fedex.com wrote: That is good info Looks like Q2 of 2011 is the target date. gregb