Very disappointed in MX 2004
I develope in Flash 5 because it has a better audio compression than Flash MX. I don't why it should be different but it is. I get great 24K streaming on audio but I had increase it to 32K in Flash MX to get the same quality. So I didn't buy Flash MX and stayed with Flash 5. Now with Flash MX 2004 out I thought I would try again to better my developement but to my supprise I am unable to load anything created in Flash 5. Does this mean I can't used anything I have made in the past? Are all my Lib's are useless? At what point did backwards compatiblity go out the window? Did I miss something somewhere?
If this is the wave of the future with flash I can't see upgrading ever. Plus as I read the comments from others I see there are many other problems which would leave a bad impression on buying other products from Macromedia. I think they are wanting us to buy a product still in beta but my money will be spent on a finished product with backwards compatibility.
As an everyday Flash developer here are my reasons not to upgrade
I dont know if these problems are OS X only but here it goes.
The library: Horribly slow. I just move it to another monitor and it blanks out, beach balls and takes 20 seconds to reload. Even small libraries. Sort changes same thing. drag and drop between libraries, same. These things were a tad slow in MX now they are productivity killers. There is a file rename bug too. The file name disappears when you try to rename it. It reappears on second click.
Similar slow down with undo's go back a few and wait wait wait. Also, there were separate histories for undo's for each symbol and on the stage and scenes. This was a little out of the norm and funky but I LIKED IT it was a great feature. Its very confusing now. I hate it. You find yourself jumping all over the FLA.
No marked speed increase.With the exception of Publishing. SWF file sizes are smaller in some situation by a lot which is GOOD.
BUGGY in general. Lots of lock ups. No pattern to them. I walk away to get something to eat and come back...POOF.... flash is no where to be found.
I know a few companies that are just now approving the use of the Flash 6 plugin or publishing for Flash 6. Autodesk for one. I work for them. How many people are going to install the Flash 7 plugin?? What incentive do they have?
I am running OS 10.2.6 gig of RAM on a dual 867. Clean system. Everything else runs perfectly.
I love Macromedia products but I am very concerned about these problems. I have 22 days left to decide but right now the answer is no.
Re: As an everyday Flash developer here are my reasons not to upgrade
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Originally posted by cwflash
I know a few companies that are just now approving the use of the Flash 6 plugin or publishing for Flash 6. Autodesk for one. I work for them. How many people are going to install the Flash 7 plugin?? What incentive do they have?
Thanks for the feedback. I'm running a G4 Cube (600MHz I think) and a PB 12" 800MHz and haven't noticed these problems. I remember hearing about the file naming issue that showed up on a small number of Mac users' systems - but I haven't been able to reproduce it.
As for your question above, I really have to give the same answer I've given for EVERY SINGLE previous release of the Flash player. There are a HUGE number of improvements in the new player, and people will adopt it. Flash Player 6 was downloaded an average of 3 million times per day and gained over 90% penetration in about a year. Flash Player 7, once installed, will actually auto-update itself from then on - a very cool feature that I've been waiting for for a long time.
I'd suggest you do a little more trouble shooting w/ your install and perhaps ping our support people for assistance.
Regards,
MD