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[OMEGA]

Direct ADO support. That way we can all connect to our Databases to Add, Delete, Update, and do all of it directly from Flash.

[Agent_Coop]

Originally posted by Napalm
The ability to for more than one person to work on the same file.

Something like a check in and check out management tool.

[kirill]

hahahah the guy who said flash should have C++ as scripting lang does not know what he is talking about... LOL

[webprodesign]

I havn't read the whole post, but what about background handles? I really have a hard time trying to size the canvas the way I want, with just numerals!

[webprodesign]

Also, for all of us Web Designers that charge by the hour, what aobut a clock in - clock out when your working on a project? That would give the exact amount for customers to pay!

[metamorphosis]

Some threads died along time ago dude......

[racheli]

I need to have dynamic text
that can be not embeded
Sharp like html with posibility of masking

[mikeyjhay]

the ability to drag around the timeline (perhaps using the space bar, the same as you can drag around the stage)

when I have a project with over 40 layers and several thousand frames it can be a nightmare navigating it with just the wee nav bars at the side. Director has a better interface and ability to navigate the score more easily

[D Costa (K.A.S)]

Web Streaming video support.
Along with more plugins, as i noticed that there are alternitaves than using plugins and thats to get say swish for example.

[Drunken_Jackass]

Originally posted by frankco
1. When you select no-stroke using any of the drawing tools and use another tool, you have to reselect no-stroke again if you go back to that same tool.

GOOD GOD YES!!! i hope there's an easy way to fix this in 5...i've only been working with it for about a week now, and that is so very annoying!!

[skaterboy3ooo]

I'm thinkin they should have a customizible tab strip with the movie explorer, frame actions, fill, effects, charcter etc. in it and when you click a tab it drops down over the work area and then when you click the tab again it slides back up.

Right now i have my interface sort of set up like this but I just have all the tabs in one panel and when i ckick one it drops down then i just double click the title bar for it to go back up.

This is how i got mine set up...

Tab Strip Closed


Tab Strip Open



I find having them set up this way gives you much more working space and is reaitivly eaiser to use. My opinion though.

[Mr Mayonnaise]

I would like the Actionscript to be updated, so that it would be compatible with opengl, or direct x7, so you could make 'true' 3d. This would also require different functions, like placing cameras, and other stuff. That would be really cool

[UpNorth]

Originally posted by Mr Mayonnaise
I would like the Actionscript to be updated, so that it would be compatible with opengl, or direct x7, so you could make 'true' 3d. This would also require different functions, like placing cameras, and other stuff. That would be really cool

That's what director is for

[Pascal Buyens]

Small things, but this drive me nuts...

-Recognize the z-index you assign to the MC on a HTML/ASP/Whatever-page.
-The ability to use Flash as a kind of overlay without having that f@#{§%g square around it.

All for now... back to work.

[matami]

Wow, there's some really good sugestions been added. Here's what i'd like to see, although I'm sure they've already been added many times.

- Actions Palette
similar to photoshop where you can record a series of actions and make them into one function.

- Better Player.
As most people are more into the action script side of things, make the Player able to handle actions cript better, as it can get processor intensive.

- Resizable text boxes.
Let text boxes have a resize tick box, so when importing dynamic text, it resizes to acomodate all the text.

- Spell Checker
Just cos I failed english, why should that spoil my chances of being a web designer. Would be very handy.

- Stream external Video & Audio.
Be able to have and external Video or Audio file, which can bve streamed directly from teh server. And just have place holders in the flash (for positioning). Also have a few simple controls for them (play, stop, rewind, etc) and be able to tell when you hit the end.

- Load external Images.
I know you can do this by putting the image in an SWF and using load movie, but it would be less effort (for me anyway) just to have load image.

Hmmmmmmmmmm, well i think that's about it.
I'll look forward to the release of Flash 6 and hopefully seeing everyones suggestions implemented.

NICE ONE MACROMEDIA !!!!!

[jillibit]

IT LIVES ON!!!

1. I want to be able to align objects on different layers to the same CENTER point.
2. Would be nice to be able to set the anchor point for object rotation.
3. quick switch from stage to palette editing boxes and back again -- page up and down to navigate through the library works beautifully, except for when your cursor is sitting in a palette. same goes for action script (normal mode) edit boxes.
4. volume control that i don't have to be a rocket scientist to operate.

[pmineault]

Hey people!

I have an idea:

Let's have a survey for the stuff we want in Flash 6 and make an official wishlist, which we can hand over to Macromedia depending on the results

It would be entirely feasible, you know. Basically, we take the suggestions which appear often in this wishlist, and make an online survey out of it.

We split the survey in three different sections: little wishes (must-haves), normal wishes, and big wishes (unlikely to happen).

There are a lot of php scripts around that allow you to make a survey without tons of coding, so that's not a problem.

For each of the items, you can choose if you want the wish to come true or not. We can set a minimum percentage of approval, something like 70%.

If the suggestion reaches more than that percentage, we can add it to the official wishlist.

We can take the survey for two weeks and then send the accepted items, ie the official wishlist, to Macromedia. We could really make an impact here, since, after all, we are 100 000 people in this community, so that makes one heck of a powerful lobby.

What do you say people?

[stijngysemans]

when you convert it to a symbol and you type for example
btn_one
the type already has to change to btn
so if you type
mcPicture
it would be a movie clip instead.
and if you type
graphMap
it would be a graphic..
get the picture?

[whatever-7]

1* go back to the flash4 interface, give the fools the options to switch to the flash5 interface.

2* I just want consistantly, more than new feature. There are some bugs I want to see fixed before new stuff. Like move big MC (like 2000X400 MC with animated buttons.)

3* I like the Swish's add-effect button very much, please make a wizard version that can use downloadable effects. (or call it macro, whatever)

I'm a Computer Science Major and Studio Art BFA, I would say at flash4 it's already too complicated for regular folks,
either you open more flash format and let third party make good flask generator

or split the flash6 into newbie and guru interface.

4* 3D. It's time for macromedia to address the issue. Ever since Swift3d, there are quite a few 3d tools come out, some of them are just awful (cool 3d) Swift is very editable, but limited. I wonder how many people can afford the 3dstudioMax plug-in. How about buy the plug-in, release it for free and let 'em private the 3d app.

Or

make a very very simple 3d editor like swift, but with out the color reflection to the light source. You know like only one color for a flat surface, instead of gradual change. (it's pretty useless to me, I just want a small and fast 3d clip)

Or

build basic 3d into firework and people will have to buy both.

5* more feature on the shape tween, almost good enough for animation. btw I can't "brake apart" a firework object, why?

6* IE or media player embed is nice. But I rather see midi first.

7* This I would like to see as an option, not change. The time line window label as time instead of frame
(like 0 sec...2.5sec........6sec)

I always make very long flash and it's pain to move the timeline. Besides, at this labelling I can't change the frame rate of the movie without make the flash run faster.

8* doing double mask (show only the intersection of 2 layers) right now is major pain in the ass, how about just give us that.

9* If you can't save into a flash4 .fla format, at least give me a convertor to convert mac flash file to a PC .fla
I ended up doing all my flash in my slow laptop cause i have to stick to one platform.

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Flash4 is designed for artists, Flash5 (and director) are designed for the geeks. Remember, always design for the artists, screw the programmers!

I just want to say that even at Flash4, Flash is a great piece of software that can get into the "greatest software of all time" list (Although I'd give the "Citizen Kane of Software" title to dreamweaver) All my suggestions are come from the bottom of my heart. And... watch out for QTVR, apple is out to get you. We students know macromedia take care of us.

-tino
http://www.yechen.org
name0000@yahoo.com

[steve777]

better rendering of tweened "non basic shapes" - ie when you create gradient fills and softened edges and then try and motion tween them - especially for larger objects and if you have tried to place more than one of these on the timeline at any given instance

if you drag the frame indicator on the timeline the animation displays superbly but as soon as you publish or Ctrl+Entr it runs with the speed of a striking slug (unless you have some sort of mainframe supercomputer)

is this a flash rendering engine thing?