Re: Director, platforms (was: One PSD)

Thanks John -- Its definately in the ballpark ---------

My focus is on web development -- and since Cold Fusion is part of the
equation in my future -- I was thinking that in the long run its better
to have the mac for graphics and the PC for web development tools ---
including Director 7 Studio and Dreamweaver. For sites and web-based
applications --- the PC just seems to be de riguer in many ways.

Lisa

--- John Dowdell <jdowdell(at)macromedia.com> wrote:
> At 1:41 PM 6/10/99, L. J. Durham wrote:
> >Currently I work in my studio at home with a Mac
> 9600 -- I have
> >Director Studio 6 and I do desperately want to
> upgrade to 7. But I am
> >also going to be buying a PC soon... Considering
> the cost of Director
> >Im thinking Im better off doing the upgrade on the
> mac side but since
> >Im looking at the PC to have all the web
> development tools including
> >Dreamweaver Im kind of between a rock and a hard
> place....
> >Any thoughts?
> 
> 
> If you're wondering which one platform to upgrade
> then a lot would depend
> on what you'll be wanting to do.
> 
> If a goal is to create self-contained applications
> then I'd definitely
> recommend working on the delivery platform yourself.
> (ie, if you'll be
> making standalone Projector .EXEs for PCs, then
> working on a PC yourself is
> easiest... ditto if your audience is only on Macs.)
> 
> If you'll be designing files for display in
> browsers, though, then you have
> a little more leeway because browsers don't allow as
> much manipulation of
> the machine. If you're creating Shockwave applets
> then you can create on
> whichever platform you're most comfortable, and
> regularly test the work in
> various browsers on "the other platform".
> 
> (Rephrased, for-the-browser work is
> platform-independent, but
> standalone-application work interacts more with the
> operating system.)
> 
> I assume that your various machines are networked
> together... this is
> essential for testing even pure HTML pages. You
> should be able to send most
> media assets back and forth on your network without
> incident.
> 
> I'm not sure if this is along the lines of what you
> were looking for...?
> 
> jd
> 
> 
> 
> 
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco
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