Revolution and .swf

[MisterX]

> Xavier,
> 
> Your 'average' DC user isn't likely to roll his/her own *anything*.
> 
> Once you become a real geek, it is soooo easy to forget about 
> the millions and maybe billions of people who are not.

It does take a rocket scientist to do any basic animation... I agree it can
get complicated but it's not that hard... 

Here's my favority tutorial in flash... it's really quite simple and present
nice effects used in modern animation techniques...
http://www.bit-101.com/tutorials

> Yes, if _I_ had a need to incorporate Flashs files, yes, I 
> _could_ spend an hour or two (or three or...?) investigating 
> (those of others) and/or writing my own various hacks.  But 
> they'd still be hacks, wouldn't they?

No, they would be absolutely not hacks but your own technique based on
someoneelses.

> Allow me to quote from Rev's top-line webpage regarding Dreamcard:
> 
> "Dreamcard: build it.  Software design and programming for 
> the rest of us... Make multimedia..."

I haven't tried dreamcard but even if it is simple like HyperCard, animation
is possible...

repeat with x = 1 to x1
  set the left of grp "animated" to x
  set the top of grp "animated" to the top of grp "animated" + (random(3)-2)
-- give is a wobble effect
end repeat

> Okay, now, You just can't go about advertising yourself as an 
> ideal instrument for creating multimedia (for beginniers, 
> i.e., "the rest of
> us") and then not provide any native support for what is next 
> to QT one of the more ubiquitous multimedia file formats OR 
> by not providing your own animation tool.  It's like tellling 
> people to write their own routines to support color  because, 
> after all, any _real_ geek could do so him/herself.

you have to start somewhere ;)

> I, too, await with hopeful optimism that previous hints 
> regarding the re-release of a better animation builder will 
> be addressed in the not-so-distant in the future upgrades.

It would be a plus for those starting, i agree.

> And, experience has largely shown me that it is the squeaking 
> wheel that gets the grease rather sooner than later.

Or it gets replaced with maintenance free ball-bearing wheels ;)

cheers
Xavier