Archive for March, 2002
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Report from the Game Developers Conference.I spent all last week at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose. This is my favorite annual event. As usual, I spoke about Shockwave and Flash. I had about 40 people in my full-day “tutorial.” I was surprised by two things: the majority interest in Director and 3D as […]
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Flash MX is now available! You can buy it on the Macromedia site for $499 or $199 for an upgrade. The Flash 6 player is also available for download. Macromedia’s site seems overloaded right now so you might want to wait to try and buy it. I was able to get the player with no […]
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Old Developer Dispatch newsletters have been archived here.
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FlashForward 2002 will be in San Francisco on April 2-3. They must have announced it earlier, but the press release went out today. Once again, I won’t be there. After two years of trying, I’ve given up trying to contact someone there about speaking at it. I’m not sure how they decide on speakers, but […]
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Macromedia announces Flash MX, AKA Flash 6. New features will include video support, dynamic JPEG and MP3 loading, local shared objects, and an overhauled ActionScript editor.