Archive for January, 2005

An Unofficial Brief History of Director

This was mentioned in one of my mailing lists. An Unofficial Brief History of Director. Looks like we are about at the 20-year anniversary for Director.

January 28, 2005 • Posted in: General • No Comments

Old Shockwave Players for Testing

File this away for future reference. Here is a link to a place at macromedia.com that has old Shockwave installers. Very handy for backwards compatibility testing.
Previous versions of Shockwave

January 24, 2005 • Posted in: General • One Comment

Why I Don’t Use Flash Much Anymore

As the author of Flash books as well as Director books, I get a fair share of email questions about Flash. But these are getting harder and harder to answer because I am using Flash less and less. Why, you might ask, would I be using Flash less and less while it is growing in [...]

January 18, 2005 • Posted in: General • 7 Comments