Jesse Ezell Blog

Macromedia's New Player

Macromedia is readying a new version of the Flash player. Looks like we will be seeing huge performance improvements and lots of new filter effects (things like blur or drop shadows). Stay tuned for more information, as they should be doing a lot more coverage at Macromedia's MAX conference next week.

[1] Kevin Lynch's comments: http://www.klynch.com/archives/000073.html#comments

[2] Videos of player from Moock's blog: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000146.html

Macromedia Beaten Again

It's always nice to see a product that you've invested significant time and effort in come out ahead of the big dogs. Articulate's "Presenter" product (which is one of those products that I have invested quite a bit of time in) just took 1st place going up against Macromedia's Breeze at a very respected e-learning conference, which leaves me feeling pretty good right now.

[1]  http://blog.articulate.com/2004/10/27/articulate_wins_brandon_hall_powerpoint_to_elearning_shootout/index.php