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Non-English Characters in MX are causing major headaches - MM seem to have dropped the ball on this one. So far it seems if you want to display non-english characters, encode them in UTF-8 format in an external file and load it in at runtime. If you want to have non-english characters in input text (forms/fields/etc.) you're currently out of luck. If someone has a workaround for this, get in touch - this is a major headache for many people.

Update: From the comments - Try adding the ActionScript "system.useCodepage = true" to your movie's first frame - thanks Chris.

Update: Lee Thomason from Macromedia responds in the comments (Thanks Lee!) I've added this info to the Bugs/Issues page

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Another link from Scripting News (Thanks Dave!) which brings up a very good point - Flash is going up against Microsoft! How did this happen? What's MS going to do about it? The browser battle is over in real terms, but is the real war between HTML & Flash? Personally, I think they'll just co-exist - HTML has a massive installed base, the tools are cheap (Notepad!) and it's simple. Flash tools are expensive ($500 for MX), it's complex but it's the only real option for creating rich content on the web.

What happened to the other contenders? Java is out of the XP install, all the standards based solutions have fallen by the wayside (SVG, SMIL, etc.) and javascript/dhtml doesn't have the dev tools to make it a valid option for designers.

The release of MX and it's forthcoming server integration will make it very attractive for use as a front end to web applications and the elusive web services. Let's just hope that MS leave Macromedia alone and let them have their slice of the pie.

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Another shared issue : Mac IE Classic must be destroyed (or just sorted out!) This is the one mainstream browser that is still causing problems - on Dave's side its the local server connection performance,  in the Flash community it's the lack of plug-in/javascript communication.

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Slider Component - A simple component from Stuart Schoneveld but with all the trimmings - live previews + source files, syntax highlighting, reference, MXP extension and MXI Source. Good for learning and check out the other demo's from his site including a 3D engine.

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