Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:06:53 -0700
To: <email@hidden>
From: Francesco Schiavon <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Objects inFlash
At 09:24 -0600 4/10/03, dave wrote:
Why design an object that might require a plugin download and be
problematic for many PC users when it can be designed so everyone
can see it. Flash also allows you to be creative and add so much
more to the design...
Great point that should sound some alarms at Apple as Object VR has
not been updated dramatically since it was introduced. IMO for
today's projects we need more flexibility than just a series of
bitmaps arranged in columns and rows.
Check out the Nikon D100 object to see what I mean.
The pictures and the vector added information looks great. IMHO the
interface feels like the camera spins out of control when you want it
to stay still, and stays still when you want to drag it. I'm sure
that this is by design and not a limitation of Flash, though. If it
behaved more like QTVR in terms of the UI I think the project would
gain a lot (just my personal opinion).
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Francesco Schiavon
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