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Jim Andrews does http://vispo.com . He is a poet-programmer and audio guy. His work explores the new media possibilities of poetry, and seeks to synthesize the poetical with other arts and media.
Re: adobe acquires macromedia
I can see things like Freehand folding into Illustrator. Adobe has the ace
in Illustrator, there. I'm not aware of an Adobe tool, however, that's
comparable to Director--except Flash. But Flash is mainly for Web stuff and
interesting as it is, it doesn't have the framerate that you can get in
Director. Nor the granularity. And the extensibility via Xtras. Nor 3D. Nor
access down to the pixel concerning bitmaps. Nor the range of the Director
audio API.
Perhaps in a few years Flash will reach the stage where it truly is a better
tool for application-level multimedia than Director is. But I don't see
evidence of it yet. Flash will eventually kill Director, I imagine, but I
don't think it's there yet.
Since Adobe doesn't have anything like Director, it's a question of whether
they think the day has come that Flash can fulfill the needs of the Director
market, and whether the Director market is big enough to bother with. The
answer to the first one is clear: no. The answer to the second, well, I hear
Flash outsells Director ten to one. So I suspect that the market size will
be the more problematical issue. But I think Director has been making money.
Nowhere near as much as Flash. But it isn't a losing business proposition.
So we'll see.
ja
http://vispo.com
in Illustrator, there. I'm not aware of an Adobe tool, however, that's
comparable to Director--except Flash. But Flash is mainly for Web stuff and
interesting as it is, it doesn't have the framerate that you can get in
Director. Nor the granularity. And the extensibility via Xtras. Nor 3D. Nor
access down to the pixel concerning bitmaps. Nor the range of the Director
audio API.
Perhaps in a few years Flash will reach the stage where it truly is a better
tool for application-level multimedia than Director is. But I don't see
evidence of it yet. Flash will eventually kill Director, I imagine, but I
don't think it's there yet.
Since Adobe doesn't have anything like Director, it's a question of whether
they think the day has come that Flash can fulfill the needs of the Director
market, and whether the Director market is big enough to bother with. The
answer to the first one is clear: no. The answer to the second, well, I hear
Flash outsells Director ten to one. So I suspect that the market size will
be the more problematical issue. But I think Director has been making money.
Nowhere near as much as Flash. But it isn't a losing business proposition.
So we'll see.
ja
http://vispo.com
Re: adobe acquires macromedia
> Now, this is very interesting!
> I wonder about the cross-overs, such as Fireworks/Photoshop,
> Dreamweaver & Adobe's web editor, etc. In My opinion, there iseems to
> be a real possibility for horizontal monopoly.
>
> Oh, yes - I think we can then say goodbye to Director, most likely.
Why?
I don't know why Macromedia is letting themselves be acquired by Adobe,
really. Macromedia has the more interesting products, to my mind. I don't
even use Photoshop anymore; i use CorelPaint. And PDFs are nice very nice
but please. Adobe just hasn't got the Web or multimedia touch?
As for Director, people have been saying it's gonna die any day now for
years. Yet there's still a lot of serious work done with it online and
offline. Mostly offline, actually. The Director lists are active and
sparklingly intelligent. So I guess we'll see how that goes. Bread circuses
and mergers.
ja
http://vispo.com
> I wonder about the cross-overs, such as Fireworks/Photoshop,
> Dreamweaver & Adobe's web editor, etc. In My opinion, there iseems to
> be a real possibility for horizontal monopoly.
>
> Oh, yes - I think we can then say goodbye to Director, most likely.
Why?
I don't know why Macromedia is letting themselves be acquired by Adobe,
really. Macromedia has the more interesting products, to my mind. I don't
even use Photoshop anymore; i use CorelPaint. And PDFs are nice very nice
but please. Adobe just hasn't got the Web or multimedia touch?
As for Director, people have been saying it's gonna die any day now for
years. Yet there's still a lot of serious work done with it online and
offline. Mostly offline, actually. The Director lists are active and
sparklingly intelligent. So I guess we'll see how that goes. Bread circuses
and mergers.
ja
http://vispo.com
Re: Re: web evolution
> >But isn't this exactly what's done? I can't think of a single program
> >that's still the same as it was 10 years ago, or am I misunderstanding
> >you?
> >
> >Pall
How about most email list technology? I realize that there are things like
Fusetalk and yahoo groups and so on, but haven't the administrative options
for lists themselves pretty much stayed the same?
ja
http://vispo.com
> >that's still the same as it was 10 years ago, or am I misunderstanding
> >you?
> >
> >Pall
How about most email list technology? I realize that there are things like
Fusetalk and yahoo groups and so on, but haven't the administrative options
for lists themselves pretty much stayed the same?
ja
http://vispo.com
Re: sad news from Israel
That's a memorable and beautiful movie, Doron. I think Dan must have been
proud of it.
The movie isn't about dying, but it's ready. And enjoying life.
Here's to Dan juggling among the bardos.
ja
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@rhizome.org [mailto:owner-list@rhizome.org]On Behalf Of
doron golan
Sent: March 28, 2005 4:12 AM
To: list@rhizome.org
Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: sad news from Israel
Dan Harpe my friend. the rebbi, the jugler, the subject of my movie 'The
9th-Allegro' , has passed away. died of heart failure at the age of 50.
may his soul rest in peace.
http://turbulence.org/Works/golan/9allegro/index1.html
proud of it.
The movie isn't about dying, but it's ready. And enjoying life.
Here's to Dan juggling among the bardos.
ja
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@rhizome.org [mailto:owner-list@rhizome.org]On Behalf Of
doron golan
Sent: March 28, 2005 4:12 AM
To: list@rhizome.org
Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: sad news from Israel
Dan Harpe my friend. the rebbi, the jugler, the subject of my movie 'The
9th-Allegro' , has passed away. died of heart failure at the age of 50.
may his soul rest in peace.
http://turbulence.org/Works/golan/9allegro/index1.html