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Right now Amazon, OfficeMax, CompUsa, Staples, Circuit City, and TigerDirect all have this commercial product for free or almost free. This is not uncommon. I actually just got a free upgrade to Norton from Outpost last week. I haven't tried the Grisoft free stuff.
Saw one on a kitchen gadgets show on HGTV just the other night.
For this one you added water & ice. It brought a room temp soda down to "refrigerator cold" in 1 minute, "ice cold" in 2 minutes. I'd definitely buy one.
I was disappointed that sync isn't scheduled sooner as well! It seems much more important than many of the other items listed for earlier releases.
Maybe the magnitude of implementing sync is pushing it out so far?
ok, genius.
by the same logic: "i just read a bunch of bad books! text on paper sux, why would anyone use that dum tech, brah??"
you are one seriously dumb fucking asshole.
and it was not anywhere near as powerful as Director. like i said, for multimedia developers, there is no other viable alternative to Director. and even though i am a hardcore Director fan, that sucks. we need another alternative. but seeing macromedia's current business/financial disaster, i imagine not too many other companies are interested in getting into the market.
other products have been introduced, but i haven't seen one get past vaporware. the most interesting one was called something like revolution or some shit. there are some quicktime based alternatives for which one could make a convincing argument. but quicktime? fuck off... it's got great features but its just not stable.
if anyone reads this and knows of another product, PLEASE let me know about it. lingorob@cox.net. thanks
yeah, i think it must be simplicity. before i get into that, please don't ever use powerpoint and Director in the same sentence again.
Director is incredibly powerful and versatile, but it is not simple. indeed, there have been many tools built into its interface in an attempt to make it immediately useable. however, there still exist countless anomolies in the interface logic, in Lingo (Director's scripting language), and in general workflow that cripple Director significantly.
i am a Director developer, but more importantly, i teach an intro level Director class at the Art Institute of California. trying to communicate to undergrad art students what Director is and how it is used has shed much light on these problems for me.
from what i understand (in terms of capabilities), Hypercard falls somewhere inbetween Director and powerpoint. i've heard accounts from other Director developers praising how intuitive they found Hypercard to be. i suspect that its gentle learning curve would make it an attractive alternative to someone unskilled in the field of multimedia.
but i wonder how many folks who don't possess multimedia development skills would be required to develop something more complex than a powerpoint presentation.
for those of us who develop complex multimedia apps, rapid dev software (prototype, etc.), and games, there is no viable option to Director. the steep learning curve is just a fact of life.
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i too had a gyropoint about 5 years ago.
it worked well -- it was nice being able to let my arms rest naturally, and i found it easy to do precise mousing with it
the reason i stopped using it was that all of the computing i do involves frequent switching back and forth from mouse to keyboard. (& my keyboard was on my desk). for that reason, it is just easier to have the mouse next to the keyboard and not have to keep picking it up and putting it down.
ymmv, though. i'd like to try it again in combination with a keyboard in an ergo-proper keyboard tray, just leaving it in my lap when i needed to type something
if you mean reliance on oil-producing nations, you might be slightly off base. the current administration advocates U.S. drilling, and their public policy is to reduce our current dependance on those states for oil.
i don't think you can refute the taliban's involvement in the heroin industry. that has been detailed by sources outside the u.s. -- are you saying this is a falsehood?
correlating drug sales *in general* is ridiculous, indeed. but i think the link between *heroin* sales and terrorist groups is rather strong.
Macromedia is not involved in this. They are mentioned as having created one of the many standards, but they are not listed as one of the member organizations.
Just like Flash, there is nothing inherently wrong with a web-3D file format. Sure, there are many cases of unnecessary Flash content. Blaming the technology instead of the designer/programmer is stupid.
3D visualization is a valuable technology for many industries. I used to work for a business that specialized in custom display work. Being able to provide an interactive 3D visualization that allows clients to view a piece from all angles is very advantageous. There are many industries that can benefit from 3D visualization similar to the example I've described.
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Right now Amazon, OfficeMax, CompUsa, Staples, Circuit City, and TigerDirect all have this commercial product for free or almost free. This is not uncommon. I actually just got a free upgrade to Norton from Outpost last week. I haven't tried the Grisoft free stuff.
Saw one on a kitchen gadgets show on HGTV just the other night. For this one you added water & ice. It brought a room temp soda down to "refrigerator cold" in 1 minute, "ice cold" in 2 minutes. I'd definitely buy one.
I was disappointed that sync isn't scheduled sooner as well! It seems much more important than many of the other items listed for earlier releases. Maybe the magnitude of implementing sync is pushing it out so far?
Maybe you should stop taking your floppies in to the pub with you.
exactly. and no matter how many times it is said, it will never be heard.
ok, genius. by the same logic: "i just read a bunch of bad books! text on paper sux, why would anyone use that dum tech, brah??" you are one seriously dumb fucking asshole.
Set the whole lot on fire and forget about it.
i used toolbook for a while myself.
it was fairly intuitive, but not overly so.
and it was not anywhere near as powerful as Director. like i said, for multimedia developers, there is no other viable alternative to Director. and even though i am a hardcore Director fan, that sucks. we need another alternative. but seeing macromedia's current business/financial disaster, i imagine not too many other companies are interested in getting into the market.
other products have been introduced, but i haven't seen one get past vaporware. the most interesting one was called something like revolution or some shit. there are some quicktime based alternatives for which one could make a convincing argument. but quicktime? fuck off... it's got great features but its just not stable.
if anyone reads this and knows of another product, PLEASE let me know about it. lingorob@cox.net. thanks
Director is incredibly powerful and versatile, but it is not simple. indeed, there have been many tools built into its interface in an attempt to make it immediately useable. however, there still exist countless anomolies in the interface logic, in Lingo (Director's scripting language), and in general workflow that cripple Director significantly.
i am a Director developer, but more importantly, i teach an intro level Director class at the Art Institute of California. trying to communicate to undergrad art students what Director is and how it is used has shed much light on these problems for me.
from what i understand (in terms of capabilities), Hypercard falls somewhere inbetween Director and powerpoint. i've heard accounts from other Director developers praising how intuitive they found Hypercard to be. i suspect that its gentle learning curve would make it an attractive alternative to someone unskilled in the field of multimedia.
but i wonder how many folks who don't possess multimedia development skills would be required to develop something more complex than a powerpoint presentation.
for those of us who develop complex multimedia apps, rapid dev software (prototype, etc.), and games, there is no viable option to Director. the steep learning curve is just a fact of life.
it worked well -- it was nice being able to let my arms rest naturally, and i found it easy to do precise mousing with it
the reason i stopped using it was that all of the computing i do involves frequent switching back and forth from mouse to keyboard. (& my keyboard was on my desk). for that reason, it is just easier to have the mouse next to the keyboard and not have to keep picking it up and putting it down.
ymmv, though. i'd like to try it again in combination with a keyboard in an ergo-proper keyboard tray, just leaving it in my lap when i needed to type something
i don't think you can refute the taliban's involvement in the heroin industry. that has been detailed by sources outside the u.s. -- are you saying this is a falsehood?
correlating drug sales *in general* is ridiculous, indeed. but i think the link between *heroin* sales and terrorist groups is rather strong.
By your argument, I assume that you don't buy the argument that most heroin sales support terrorism (making users guilty of that)?
not too serious here, just trying to publicly consider some (potential) points
cheers
but is it worth it to save someone's life? maybe you should re-consider the relationship if your fiancee values material goods over human life.
Just like Flash, there is nothing inherently wrong with a web-3D file format. Sure, there are many cases of unnecessary Flash content. Blaming the technology instead of the designer/programmer is stupid.
3D visualization is a valuable technology for many industries. I used to work for a business that specialized in custom display work. Being able to provide an interactive 3D visualization that allows clients to view a piece from all angles is very advantageous. There are many industries that can benefit from 3D visualization similar to the example I've described.