Warning to Flash Developers
Dear Flash developer,
Please read carefully the following rules. This will ensure you will enjoy Mobiclip and use it at its full potential.
Rule #1: Mobiclip is *not* a Flash player
Mobiclip is a MO file player. Our ambition is to provide the easiest way to create contents for mobile phones, not to support all Flash features. Flash is one among many import formats.
Please refer to the Mobiclip Manual to see how you can develop great Mobiclip contents using Flash.
Rule #2: A mobile phone is *not* a computer; design your content accordingly
Your mobile phone is not nearly as powerful as your computer. There is little chance that tons of shapes and thousands of lines of code will run smoothly on a phone. Moreover, a mobile phone usually has a small screen, a strange keyboard and no mouse. Take care of this if you want people to enjoy your contents.
Corollary: trying to convert an SWF file from the Internet (designed for a computer) is probably a bad idea.
Rule #3: While developing, continuously check your content with the MoSimulator
Do not postpone SWF to MO conversion. Convert your content to Mobiclip as often as possible, and check that it works fine in the MoSimulator.
Immediately correct any MoSimulator warning. A warning means a problem, even if all looks ok. The more you wait, the more painful it will be. You will find that immediately correcting warnings helps you finding hidden bugs in your ActionScript programs.
Rule #4: While developing, regularly check your content on an actual phone
The MoSimulator does not emulate the device speed. Consequently, the only real way to test your content is to run it on a real phone. Do this regularly if you do not want to waste your time on features you will be obliged to cut.
Rule #5: Tell the Mobiclip support about any issue, defect or misunderstanding
This will ensure the best product quality. Do not forget to provide us with a small FLA file that illustrates the issue.
Despite rule #1, please signal any difference with Macromedia Flash. We will do our best to correct it.
Dear Flash developer,
Please read carefully the following rules. This will ensure you will enjoy Mobiclip and use it at its full potential.
Rule #1: Mobiclip is *not* a Flash player
Mobiclip is a MO file player. Our ambition is to provide the easiest way to create contents for mobile phones, not to support all Flash features. Flash is one among many import formats.
Please refer to the Mobiclip Manual to see how you can develop great Mobiclip contents using Flash.
Rule #2: A mobile phone is *not* a computer; design your content accordingly
Your mobile phone is not nearly as powerful as your computer. There is little chance that tons of shapes and thousands of lines of code will run smoothly on a phone. Moreover, a mobile phone usually has a small screen, a strange keyboard and no mouse. Take care of this if you want people to enjoy your contents.
Corollary: trying to convert an SWF file from the Internet (designed for a computer) is probably a bad idea.
Rule #3: While developing, continuously check your content with the MoSimulator
Do not postpone SWF to MO conversion. Convert your content to Mobiclip as often as possible, and check that it works fine in the MoSimulator.
Immediately correct any MoSimulator warning. A warning means a problem, even if all looks ok. The more you wait, the more painful it will be. You will find that immediately correcting warnings helps you finding hidden bugs in your ActionScript programs.
Rule #4: While developing, regularly check your content on an actual phone
The MoSimulator does not emulate the device speed. Consequently, the only real way to test your content is to run it on a real phone. Do this regularly if you do not want to waste your time on features you will be obliged to cut.
Rule #5: Tell the Mobiclip support about any issue, defect or misunderstanding
This will ensure the best product quality. Do not forget to provide us with a small FLA file that illustrates the issue.
Despite rule #1, please signal any difference with Macromedia Flash. We will do our best to correct it.
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