Trium918 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I am looking for a free flash editor. Can anyone help with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcdarkmage Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 One word: Google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trium918 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 One word: Google I am aware of that. I am looking for the popular one that some of you have experienced with. Edit by ober: let's keep it civil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 No need to call people stupid followed by a three letter adjective starting with a and ending with a double consonant. From his point of view you might actually be the stupid person. Every now and then a new "looking for free <insert product type here>". All such requests can in fact be answered by a simple search. Another way one could argue that you are the stupid person is that you were unable to state your request clear enough. What you actually wanted was what free flash editors people have experience with and which ones they would recommend, but what you wrote was that you were looking for a free flash editor. Third, you respond to the people helping you in an offensive way. That qualifies as pretty stupid in my opinion as well, why would people help you again if you attack those who help you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trium918 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 No need to call people stupid followed by a three letter adjective starting with a and ending with a double consonant. From his point of view you might actually be the stupid person. Every now and then a new "looking for free <insert product type here>". All such requests can in fact be answered by a simple search. Another way one could argue that you are the stupid person is that you were unable to state your request clear enough. What you actually wanted was what free flash editors people have experience with and which ones they would recommend, but what you wrote was that you were looking for a free flash editor. Third, you respond to the people helping you in an offensive way. That qualifies as pretty stupid in my opinion as well, why would people help you again if you attack those who help you? Maybe you're the stupid one! If the Geniuses are unable to interpret two sentences, which clearly states that I am looking for a free flash editor. That would be from the first sentence originally posted "Genius". Ok! I am totally aware of Google and any other search engine available. I posted here at phpfreaks.com and not google.com. What is the use of using this forum if the user is directed to google instead of the actual source. Consider Google and PHPfreaks to be equivalent. Both are used as a tool that the user can use to search for an answer. Why refer the user to another tool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Here is an excerpt from Eric Steven Raymond's "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way": How To Interpret Answers RTFM and STFW: How To Tell You've Seriously Screwed Up There is an ancient and hallowed tradition: if you get a reply that reads “RTFM”, the person who sent it thinks you should have Read The ******* Manual. He or she is almost certainly right. Go read it. RTFM has a younger relative. If you get a reply that reads “STFW”, the person who sent it thinks you should have Searched The ******* Web. He or she is almost certainly right. Go search it. (The milder version of this is when you are told “Google is your friend!”) In Web forums, you may also be told to search the forum archives. In fact, someone may even be so kind as to provide a pointer to the previous thread where this problem was solved. But do not rely on this consideration; do your archive-searching before asking. Often, the person telling you to do a search has the manual or the web page with the information you need open, and is looking at it as he or she types. These replies mean that he thinks (a) the information you need is easy to find, and (b) you will learn more if you seek out the information than if you have it spoon-fed to you. You shouldn't be offended by this; by hacker standards, your respondent is showing you a rough kind of respect simply by not ignoring you. You should instead be thankful for this grandmotherly kindness. Also, see: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id307564 In fact read the entire thing. It pretty much applies to any sort of question you might have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 What is the use of using this forum if the user is directed to google instead of the actual source. Consider Google and PHPfreaks to be equivalent. Both are used as a tool that the user can use to search for an answer. Why refer the user to another tool? When you ask us for a particular product that will suit a specific need, the odds of someone knowing of a program are not good - in fact, the odds of the program even existing are not good. (Think in abstracts, don't use examples.) The number of potential specific needs (infinite) far outnumber the amount of products designed for specific needs, so it's probable that an application for your specific need doesn't even exist, therefore no-one can know of it. (The number of products designed for specific needs is finite, and therefore very small. A finite number divided by infinity is always an unknown very, very small number, regardless of the magnitude of the finite number). So, due to the sheer probability that nobody will know of a product to suit your needs, it's quite likely that you won't get any positive hits in the responses to your thread. And apparently hcdarkmage realized that the odds were not good - miniscule, actually - so he pointed you to your best chance. You see, Google is a machine, and therefore is far less likely than a human to "forget" things, and is also far more likely to "know" of things than the average human is. As for an explanation for hcdarkmage's simple referral and complete absence of actual information: Understandably, hcdarkmage didn't want to do the legwork himself - after all, he doesn't care about the results, you do. So why should he have to do your work for you? You are perfectly capable of going to Google and typing "free flash editor" in the input box. Answer to the original question: If there were such a thing, Adobe would put a stop to it in a hurry. I am 98% certain that there is nothing functionally equivalent to Adobe Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Locking this thread. Trium918, I think you have your answer and I will not tolerate you attacking respected members (or any members for that matter) of the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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