Flash 04 (to pro or not to pro)
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- WildPony
Ok, I currently have Macromedia Studio MX and I'm looking to upgrade to 2004. I'm not sure if Flash Pro is worth the extra $100.
Is there ANYTHING that I can do in my current (old) Flash MX that cannot be done in the new (non pro) Flash 2004?
- WildPony0
Any flash 04 peeps out there? :)
- Mimio0
MX04 does everything MX does.
- nuggler0
04 can't code in "normal" mode. "expert" only.
Also it no longer has context-sensitive undo, because of the new history panel. I miss it.
- whiteSneaks0
unless you are hitting the ceiling of MX's capabilities I would save your money all together. MX04 has been a big disappointment for me. I use it at work and MX at home. I have no desire to upgrade at home.
- mcLeod0
wait until the bugs are worked out.
- Mick0
like all upgrades, its not a matter of 'should I' it's a matter of when ;)
only do it if you're going to dedicate your time to figuring out AS2.0 and going to actually be using it lots. Nothing worse than upgrading and 6 months later realizing that you used the new features twice :)
- kevinv0330
IMHO. Not a necessary upgrade. I use it at work. Never use any of the new features. Don't see myself using them at all in the future. I get by using MX just fine.
- the_user0
a few of the new UI components are pretty cool.
I'm a big fan of the dataGrid.
- WildPony0
Ok, are there any reasons worth upgrading for the new 'other' programs? I use my dreamweaver MX a lot. and Freehand...
- unfittoprint0
AS 2.0 will soon become a standard [its syntax is becoming closer to more familiar scripting tools - PHP, etc...].
However: it's full of bugs and only recently they released a major patch to solve some of them. And it was a HUGE mistake to deploy 2 versions of Flash...
- jevad0
datagrid is great - new fucking history params are shite!
- rh0
Dreamweaver 2004 has really improved the CSS layout.
Haven't used too many of the Flash Pro features yet.