Flash 6 might be coming soon...

zoephzoeph
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Since the plugin has been released:



<a href="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=FlashPlayer6bin&P2_Platf orm=MacPPC&P3_Browser_Version=MSIE" target="_blank">http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=FlashPlayer6bin&P2_Platf orm=MacPPC&P3_Browser_Version=MSIE</a>



(I know, windows probably had a plugin already - although I couldn't find it on Windowstracker).

IIRC in previous versions of Flash and Director it took about a month between the first publically seeded beta plug-in and the announcement of the app. Then another month or so before release.



Now I assume Flash 6 wil be carbonized. With Photoshop also being so close, this could be very sweet. I know one person who's going to switch to OS X now his complete toolkit will soon be available in X. :cool:



'A period of transition'.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 14
    primprim Posts: 33member
    You are confused between the Flash plugin, which can read Shockwave Flash File format (SWF) made by Macromedia Flash, and the Shockwave plugin, which files are made by Macromedia Director.

    Flash produces interactive vector content for the web. The Flash plugin has been carbonized long ago for Mac OS X (since 10.0 ?)

    Shockwave is more bitmap & game-oriented. and its plugin has just been released for Mac OS X.
  • Reply 2 of 14
    zoephzoeph Posts: 16member
    <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    I'm not in any way confused, just speculating. Read the **** post:



    [quote]IIRC in previous versions of Flash and Director it took about a month between the first publically seeded beta plug-in and the announcement of the app. Then another month or so before release.<hr></blockquote>



    Please, do not take me for a moron. I'm talking about Flash 6 here, not the Flash plug-in for OS X.
  • Reply 3 of 14
    ameatameat Posts: 18member
    ding ding, we have a moron on the premises <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 4 of 14
    cindercinder Posts: 381member
    You got that right.



    Speed improvements, tons of new scripting features, new UI, layer folders, etc etc



    and you can dynamically load plain jpegs!

    woo!



  • Reply 5 of 14
    zoephzoeph Posts: 16member
    [quote]

    and you can dynamically load plain jpegs!

    [/QB]<hr></blockquote>



    Meaning you can include a path to a JPEG, and you don't have to include it in a shockwave file? Cool!



    Have you heard anything about OS X compatibility?
  • Reply 6 of 14
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    I hope Macromedia can impliment Director's timeline into Flash.



    The timeline in Flash is such a one f*cking big pain in the ass to deal with.
  • Reply 7 of 14
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    Who cares, LiveMotion is better anyways and is being pre-ordered now.
  • Reply 8 of 14
    ameatameat Posts: 18member
    anyone know if quicktime movies can be embedded or loaded into a movie clip?



    and cinder, you sound as if you know a bit, you wanna expand on the UI any more. it's one of the things that drives most crazy about flash...



    meat
  • Reply 9 of 14
    ricrocketricrocket Posts: 142member
    [quote] anyone know if quicktime movies can be embedded or loaded into a movie clip? <hr></blockquote>



    I don't know specifics, but over at <a href="http://www.ultrashock.com"; target="_blank">Ultrashock</a> there's something to allude to including streaming video and video conferencing abilities... Hell, if I can dynamically load a jpg I'll be happy - although I would also love to be able to manipulate masks dynamically and not have to antialias dynamic text fields also...



    rr.
  • Reply 10 of 14
    primprim Posts: 33member
    zoeph, I don't take you for a moron. I read your post quicker than I should have and when I clicked on your link I didn't read the text "6 beta", I just saw the Flash 5 picture on the site that Macromedia hasn't changed. So I thought you were talking about shockwave director... All my apologies for this mistake.

  • Reply 11 of 14
    primprim Posts: 33member
    BTW the URL before is for Mac OS 9, and it seems you cannot automatically go on the page of the beta plugin for Mac OS X.

    So if you want the Flash 6 plugin for OS X, here it is :

    <a href="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/flash/english/macosx/6.beta/flashplayer6_macosx.bin"; target="_blank">http://download.macromedia.com/pub/sho ckwave/flash/english/macosx/6.beta/flashplayer6_macosx.bin</a>
  • Reply 12 of 14
    spookyspooky Posts: 504member
    Flash 6 for X would be a major league boon as far as X is concerneed for us. However we won't switch until Director and Dreamweaver are out for X. We rely heavily on those two.



    Anyone got any ideas when we might see them?
  • Reply 13 of 14
    ashurbunupalashurbunupal Posts: 1member
    What's new in Flash 6



    The new features in Flash 6 provide ...



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    Topic1



    Actions Panel Toolbar, description



    Actions Toolbox organization, description



    ActionScript/Bitcraft integration, description



    Bookmarks, description



    Breakpoints, description



    Code hinting, description



    Color Mixer, description



    Conversion of Array Object to Native Object, description



    Conversion of String Object to Native Object, description



    Conversion of XML Object to Native Object, description



    Distort, description



    Â*

    Topic2



    Distribute to Layers, description



    Edit in Place, description



    Externalized Player, description



    FAP, description



    Flash Importer SDK, description



    Font Mapping, description



    Frameworks Components, description



    Free Transform, description



    Library Drag and Drop, description



    Library Conflict Resolution, description



    New From Template/Save As Template, description



    Normal/Expert Mode Switching, description



    Â*

    Topic3



    Normal Mode Improvement, description



    Object Model, description



    Properties Inspector, description



    Resizable Movie Layout, description



    Save As Flash 5, description



    Scriptable Masks, description



    SetInterval / ClearInterval, description



    Shape Drawing API, description



    Sound Completion Event, description



    Strict Equality and "Switch" Statement, description



    Text Break Apart, description



    Timeline, description



    Vertical Text, description
  • Reply 14 of 14
    ricrocketricrocket Posts: 142member
    [quote] What's new in Flash 6

    The new features in Flash 6 provide ...

    <hr></blockquote>



    erm...I don't suppose you'd fancy replacing those "description"s with actual descriptions, would you?



    rr.
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