Hi Steve I concur with Kyle, but wanted to add a suggestion: your project's home page doesn't really say what the product *does.* It isn't clear to someone what the product is. You explain why they might want to use it, it would probably be a good idea to place a statement at the top of your web page saying what the product *is*. Something along the lines of "Swifter is a ... ".
And if Swifter provides additional functionality that the code generator doesn't, you should probably spell out those difference clearly and concisely. Otherwise people will just use the generator (no installation needed!). Maybe use a product comparison table? My 2 cents. Good luck! - philip On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Getify Solutions, Inc. <[email protected]>wrote: > I understand that this is "your baby" project and that you've put a lot of > effort into it. And it also looks like a good product. However, speaking for > myself, I don't have a need for a GUI because I understand the SWFObject > syntax already enough that I just write my own code. Also, we have the > code-generator which assists if there's a missed tweak or syntax that I > forget. In my day-to-day activities, I just don't need a GUI for this. Maybe > if I'd never used SWFObject before, the first few times it would be helpful. > > But I'm willing to bet that a lot of people are in the same boat. They're > probably just comfortable enough with the syntax that they can either do it > themselves, or use the code generator. And I also bet that MOST people just > copy markup from a previous embed (I do all the time) and change params, > whenever they do a new embed. So, again, a tool isn't as helpful. > > Just some thoughts on maybe why the uptake isn't as high as you might hope. > Keep up the good work though, and thanks for contributing to the overall > quality of the SWFObject community. > > --Kyle > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Steve" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:11 AM > To: "SWFObject" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: GUI for swfObject > > > I forgot to mention, that, while it does not require any other tools, >> if you would like to take advantage of some of Swifter's features, >> the .swfs that you would like to add to your web site should be >> created using the Swifter Development Kit.fla - so Flash would be >> required. But, you certainly don't have to. Swifter makes adding >> existing .swfs to your site very easy. >> >> On Feb 17, 4:27 am, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps a screencast of the tool in action or a sequence of screenshots >>> >>> to go with the bullet points >>> >>> also does this tool require anything eg dreamweaver or only work on >>> specific >>> systems >>> >>> - S >>> >>> On 17 February 2010 03:11, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Hey Aran, >>> >>> > I have been working on this for seven years and getting people to take >>> > a look at it is the hardest part about this. >>> >>> > Thanks! >>> >>> > Steve >>> >>> > On Feb 16, 7:58 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > Give people some time to check it out. (Or for people to find this > >>> > thread >>> > > via a search...) >>> >>> > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > > Crickets....... >>> >>> > > > On Feb 15, 11:27 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > > > Hi Guys, >>> >>> > > > > I think I have created a GUI for swfObject. It doesn't have > > > >>> > fields >>> > for >>> > > > > all of swfObject's parameters but it also allows you to do other >>> > > > > things. The owners of this group have been kind enough to let me >>> > > > > post >>> > > > > here in the past about it. I think it is finally ready to launch >>> > > > > but >>> > I >>> > > > > am looking for Beta testers: >>> >>> > > > > Here's a link to a page that describes it. >>> >>> > > > >http://norrisoftenhance.ning.com/ >>> >>> > > > > Here's the link to the beta: >>> >>> >https://www.box.net/file/391419830/encoded/38072918/71a4d97102f2c3f99. >>> .. >>> >>> > > > > Thanks! >>> >>> > > > > Steve >>> >>> > > > -- >>> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups >>> > > > "SWFObject" group. >>> > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > > > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> <swfobject%[email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> > >>> > <swfobject%[email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> <swfobject%[email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> > >>> >>> > > > . >>> > > > For more options, visit this group at >>> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>> >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups >>> > "SWFObject" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> <swfobject%[email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> > >>> > . >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SWFObject" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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