RE: What FlashCom features do you want in a futureversion

--- David Simmons <dsimmons-14osZcCZf762oZ/6fjIToQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I can confidently assure you that code plug-ins
> aren't going to happen
> in Flash.  As Andre mentions, it goes against many
> of the
> characteristics that contribute to Flash's success.

True

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> If you need additional functions for a specific
> project, I suggest
> taking a look at Director and Shockwave.  It already
> has many additional
> features, has supported plugins for years with a
> download mechanism, and
> can connect to FCS via internal Flash support.
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>  - Dave Simmons
>  Shockwave Multiuser Server Engineer (Ret.)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: flashcomm-bounces-1Ss2GqJETD3yZ38Mhd3e/9ZfFG6BLHNm@public.gmane.org
> [mailto:flashcomm-bounces-1Ss2GqJETD3yZ38Mhd3e/9ZfFG6BLHNm@public.gman
e.org] On
> Behalf Of Andre
> Fuller
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:35 AM
> To: FlashComm Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [FlashComm] What FlashCom features do
> you want in a
> futureversion of Flash?
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> Macromedia already does this. It's called Breeze.
>=20
> I would actually argue against having developer
> created plugins, since
> to
> me, the basic underlying principles for flash is
> platform independence
> and
> ubiquity. As a developer, it's great to have a whole
> boatload of
> features,
> options and whiz bang effects. But at the end of the
> day, "the
> experience
> matters", so an end user should never be required to
> do more than login
> to
> system, and just go. Plus it would be a tech support
> nightmare if the
> existence of one plugin caused another to
> malfunction, but the user had
> no
> clue why. (Centralized plugin approval by macromedia
> may deal with that
> though...)
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> But, I digress.
> What I want for flashcomm:
> - AS2 (I had to say it...)
> - Screen sharing (had to say that too)
> - MUCH better development/debugging workflow.
> (Object tracing would
> help,
> but a full on debugger would be even better.)
> - IDE integration w/ FLASH and/or ZORN and NOT
> Dreamweaver. I'm talking
> full
> code completion, syntax checking/highlighting the
> whole nine
> - W3C reports
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> And to be clear, the only reason I ask for any of
> these things is so it
> would easier to develop better integrated solutions,
> as opposed to
> mediocre
> solutions with a few cool features that end users
> never use.
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> flame on! ;)
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> On 8/22/05 4:33 PM, "Tom Bray" <tombray-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gman
e.org>
> wrote:
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> defeat the argument that 
> don't exist. Users that
> need 
> they need to support
> it.
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>
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> Andre A. Fuller [ afuller-PWWqOfD1LBZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org ]
> Senior Front-End Developer
> TransMedia Corp.
> 212-675-6664 (ext. 109)
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