Steven Vachon

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MX 2004: Garbage (A Big “Booo” for Macromedia)

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I was one of the many individuals really excited about the upcoming Flash version. I kept hearing about a few key features that I thought would be very useful. However, I expected more to be included in this version than just those few features. Damn, was I wrong. Thankfully, I didn’t pre-order the upgrade or I’d be in the hole $300. Read more

Components… Ugh!

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Components can be useful when writing code that’s to be used by designers with little or no programming experience. The visual elements created when building a component make customizing them as effortless as using Flash MX’s user interface. But what does this end up costing the developer? Read more

Flash vs. HTML

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Let’s get one thing out of the way, Flash is very cool. If used properly, there’s definitely a lot you can do with it. However, Flash has its place. Despite popular belief in the Flash community, it’s not meant to replace HTML. Read more

Flash for the Masses

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Is it just me, or do many Flash developers have no regard for slower computers? Do they believe that every single person on the Internet has a 3GHz machine? I mean, come on! I have a 3GHz machine, but if all I did was develop in Flash, I wouldn’t need such a computer. Neither do many of the other 400,000,000 people on the Internet. Read more