[games_access] article

[Thomas Westin]

sure no worries, the reason for Director was mainly we had the code in  
Director from Terraformers  + I was on the prerelease team of Director  
11 :)
/thomas

On 1 apr 2008, at 22.26, d. michelle hinn wrote:

> I totally understand about everything going into GAIM at the moment.  
> I was thinking that down the line you might be interested in  
> creating a version that people with a lesser grasp of something like  
> Flash could also follow (ie, non-coders but educators who understand  
> the curriculum bits).
>
> Yeah, Director is definitely more robust! But because Flash is  
> packaged with lots of other stuff, a lot of people who are new to  
> all this choose the package so that they have the web editor, art  
> program, etc too. But don't take this as a criticism of your work --  
> just suggestions for when you want to extend it when you get past  
> the masters thesis! :)
>
> Michelle
>
>> Hey Michelle,
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> yes it can be adapted to Flash, not very hard, but at the moment  
>> all time I can find goes into the GAIM, i.e my  master thesis. On  
>> the other hand, any Flash coder could do that by simply looking at  
>> the code in the article.
>>
>> and yes, the same thing with pricing for Director in Europe,  
>> althought Director 11 has a lower price tag at least in the US than  
>> earlier versions
>>
>> however, Director is used for other things than Flash, so it's more  
>> a matter of what type of application you want to do
>>
>> /Thomas
>>
>> On 28 mar 2008, at 23.24, d. michelle hinn wrote:
>>> Hey Thomas -- Great article! I like how you mention the 508 law --  
>>> the next time I speak to a group of educational technologists (a  
>>> cross between educators and the highly computer-savvy) -- which is  
>>> often -- I will point them to this!
>>>
>>> I'm wondering how many use director versus flash on an education  
>>> front? Could this be adapted to include flash developers? In the  
>>> US, at least, Flash comes bundled with educators special packages  
>>> whereas Director is harder (and more expensive) for many to  
>>> justify purchasing. Not sure how this is done in other countries  
>>> but I've been seeing a lot more interest in Flash from US  
>>> educators. So my only suggestion is to consider an additional  
>>> article that considers Flash and it's less steep learning curve.
>>>
>>> Michelle
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I seem not to get all replies from this list, perhaps my spam  
>>>> filter is too tough
>>>>
>>>> trying again, since I haven't got replies
>>>>
>>>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/director/articles/shockwave_accessibility.html
>>>>
>>>> /thomas
>>>>
>>>>
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