Yeah I had hoped to hear more about an improved XML/Web Services parser etc… but your right, that’s what they’re positioning Flex for. Maybe one day the price for Flex will be affordable

(For Remoting, … have you seen consensus on any requests in this area?)

Consensus??…No…It just seems to have fallen off the planet. If memory serves, the original Macromedia.com redesign was all Remoting and it seemed like there was going to be a big push, then Flex comes out and Remoting is nowhere to be seen. I guess I just assumed there would be some enhancements for Remoting (maybe not even so much on the server components, but on the client side) from a speed, support, client-side components, etc… perspective. It would be nice to see some enhanced components like those found in Flex (they are after all Flash .swc files anyway) that handle datasets and interaction with the data with a tad more care and luster than the current set of components. And what about more along the lines of what the open source alternatives offer, like support for PHP, and honestly just more clear documentation.

Now I should remind myself that I have not gotten my copy of Flash yet, so all of this may be a null issue, but I just haven’t heard anything in this area, so I have to assume for now.

Thank you for the interest though…

No worries, you’re still ahead of the game, consumers haven’t even started getting the new Player yet, you’re on pace….

“… the library panel now stays where you left it ….”

That’s one of the priorities which came up through the extended workflow interviews the company invested in this cycle:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/logged_in/jguerard_studio8.html

(For Remoting, if someone asked I don’t think I could list any common themes among improvement requests, from what I read on mailing lists and weblogs… easy sharing of objects across machines has seemed a pretty finite and bounded goal… have you seen consensus on any requests in this area?)

tx, jd/mm

Cam