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Flash MX: Creating a Web site near you

By David Becker, Special to ZDNet
March 05, 2002
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Flash-MX-Creating-a-Web-site-near-you/0,130061791,120263835,00.htm

For most Web surfers, Flash is the blinking, animated frosting on Web sites. Now Macromedia wants to make it the whole cake.

The software maker is pitching Flash MX as a one-stop resource for designing entire Web pages and associated applications. The new version of the software will retail in Australian stores from March 19th, for AU$1,100 for the full version and AU$450 for the upgrade, including GST. The update signifies a greatly expanded role from Flash's initial function as animation software.

The promised payoffs include Web-based forms that don't send people back to the starting point if information is missing and transaction screens that don't try a customer's patience with screens telling them to "please wait."

Flash MX is a collection of tools for creating Web pages and applications. It will be available for download from the US Macromedia site from March 15, in conjunction with Flash Player 6, a new version of the free application that resides on PCs to display Flash content. Flash Player is a free download, while Flash MX will cost US$499 for the full version or US$199 for those upgrading from a previous version of the Flash development package. Flash MX will be available in versions for Windows and Mac, including support for Mac OS X, the latest version of Apple Computer's operating system.

Additional Research by James Pearce