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Soon I am launching Kreative Blog to help all the flash
designers and developers. Your queries and problems would be
resolved within 24 hours. Mail me at - [email protected] You
can also visit my website -
http://www.kreative.net.in -
I am sorry guys for the wrong link(I put '.' period after the URL).
Now it has been rectified.

Answer 1

thanks for posting the supplied answer. The problem here is
that kamal is answering away from the
forum via personal email. These forums work best because
often the same question is asked over and
over and over again - so searching before posting often
results in finding the answer. If answers
are done away from the forum, then users will be neglected
when searching for answers.
If you were to create a new topic you would find several
others just as willing to help as much as
Kamal is. Kamal is trying to create his own forum which is
fine - but not very good "netiquette" to
divert attention away from other forums or use public forums
to advertise for their own cause.
But in the end you got the answer you were looking for and
that's what matters.
I have to add - Kamal's response isn't exactly accurate - it
his opinion and doesn't exactly reflect
the majority of users - posting in a very busy forum as this
will result in more varied opinions
based on your question.
Kamal probably should have pointed you to this:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html
which shows player 8 already over 45%. The rate of flash 8
downloads has greatly exceeded the
download rate for previous versions - so statistically it
looks like much less than a year for
"full" penetration.
I personally would never tell anyone there is no point in
designing for flash player 8 - the rate of
download of flash 8 is proof that more users are publishing
to 8 due to all of the many new features.
Also, i dont entirely agree with Kamal's statment about flash
8 being designed "more" for the
designer and "less" for the programmer - that is very
misleading - yes, there are many new
designer-friendly features in flash 8 - but there are
significant new features for the developer as
well - possibly as much if not more then for the designer.
So, getting an opinion from one person as opposed to an
entire community may be misleading for you -
not to say don't consult Kamal's site - I wouldn't rely on it
as your only source for answers - 2nd
and 3rd opinions are always better.
-just my opinion.
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Gnardogs226 wrote:
> Thanks Chris Georgenes (ACE)-
>
> Actually, Kamal (the wonderful creator of this thread)
was kind enough to
> answer my question in an email a few hous after I posted
that.
>
> Just for future reference for people searching the
messageboard for answers to
> their Flash 8/7 compatibility, here is the answer to my
question above...
>
>
> Problem:
> I have designed my site in Flash 8 and am having serious
conversion problems
> when I try to "dumb it down" in the Publish Settings to
a Flash 7 version so
> that the end user won't have to download a new version
of the Flash Player.
> Is there anything I can do besides basically starting
over in Flash 7 or am I
> stuck with the hopes that Flash Player 8 will be
downloaded by my end user?/?
>
> Kamal@Kreative's response to me in an email:
> I am receiving so many problems everyday, of flash
player8. The
> basic logic of the player incompatibility is due to
installed on less
> computers. If you are designing a site, it consumes lot
of time, and coz
> flash player 8 is not installed on 95% pcs so there is
no point designing
> the site in flash 8. As per the industry's survey, it
would take at least 1
> year.
>
> Macromedia has enhanced flash 8 more for designers and
less for programmer.
> It has introduced so many filters and features in flash
player 8 which are
> not there in earlier flash versions. So technically, you
have to remove
> those new features and filters from your site to make it
work with flash
> player7 and with your site's viewer.
>
>
> THANKS KAMAL!!!!! It is inspiring to come across someone
like you willing to
> help so eagerly.
>
> David
>