I'm revisiting my decision not to upgrade to Flash MX2004 and wondering
if Macromedia has promised or offered any fixes yet for some of the main
complaints about MX2004, i.e.,:
- no basic mode in the Action Script panel
- no independent timeline undo's
- inability to save Flash MX2004 files as lower version formats
- other complaints/fixes I don't know about?

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Frank;
Not sure what you mean by "unable to save flashmx2004 files as lower
version formats"--I'm still using fmx here as well, but afaik in flashmx
2004 you can save fla files back one version ( to flashmx) which is the same
as or better than what was available in any past version. None of the other
issues you mention were addressed in the updater. I have no inside
information, but I would be surprised to see any additional updater released
for flashmx 2004 at this point. -Tom Unger

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Thanks a lot Tom. Sounds like I was misinformed about the "save as"
thing. I was told the other day by someone with FMX2004 that he
couldn't save a file for me to open in FMX. That made me start thinking
about having to upgrade, and when I started Googling for the pros and
cons of upgrading, among the various gripes about the undo issue and the
loss of basic mode for Actionscript editing, I found at least one post
also complaining about the inability of FMX2004 to save as previous
versions. Glad to hear that they were wrong, and that I may be able to
open my colleague's FMX2004 file after all.

The other issues remain, I guess. Are they the reason you're still
using FMX?

I particularly think that a return of the normal/expert modes within the
actions panel would be beneficial. This would provide greater
usability/accessibility to a larger number of possible users. Hence, the
marketability of this product would increase proportionally.




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Especially with the focus on the next Flash being for designers .. normal
mode is more important for those who don't think in terms of programming.