8-Ball to Win: Great New Features Abound in Flash 8
Flash 8 may have just been announced but you don't have to rummage endlessly for the juicy details. This extensive review gives you a preview of all the great new features—for designers and coders alike—plus Studio pricing and more, all in one place.
by Rich Shupe
August 8, 2005
he time has come, at last, for a major update of Flash—Macromedia's flagship animation and interactive development tool. Expected in early September, Flash 8 (Macromedia has officially dropped the useless "MX" from the new product monikers), is an exciting upgrade that should pique the interest of even the crustiest upgrade curmudgeons.
If the buzz in the Flash community is any indication, the prevailing objective consensus will almost certainly be that this upgrade packs a wallop. There are both inspiring new features and much needed improvements. In fact, many of the changes in Flash 8 are in areas where the development community wanted them most: performance, text legibility, video, and interface enhancements.
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he time has come, at last, for a major update of Flash—Macromedia's flagship animation and interactive development tool. Expected in early September, Flash 8 (Macromedia has officially dropped the useless "MX" from the new product monikers), is an exciting upgrade that should pique the interest of even the crustiest upgrade curmudgeons.
