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Face it, even Adobe can't make flash painless. I don't mean in a web browser, I mean in a local fucking application, like, oh Contribute CS4. Four times I launched that shit, and four times I watched it screw itself into SCODVille trying to display some bullshit Flash thing on the "Welcome" screen.

Here's the screenshot:

See that blank area at the bottom, next to "Quick Tour" and "Contribute Tutorial"? Yeah. That shows the "trying to load Flash" spinner for a few seconds, then the application goes off into StupidFlashAteMyApp Land.

GOD, I WISH I HAD FLASH ON MY iPHONE, SO IT COULD BE RENDERED USELESS ON A REGULAR BASIS TOO!

As soon as I was able to move fast enough to click the "Don't show again" checkbox and cleanly quit the application, lo, Contribute starts cleanly. Great job showing us how hard Flash rocks Adobe, GREAT job.

Oh, and when I tried to connect it to this site? Of course, it sat and spun for a few, then crashed. Fuckit, I'm done. Any product that cannot successfully launch without assistance, and then cannot cleanly perform one of its most basic duties does not need to ever be used again.

MarsEdit, you rule. Adobe Contribute, you suck.

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Face it, even Adobe can't make flash painless. I don't mean in a web browser, I mean in a local fucking application, like, oh Contribute CS4. Four times I launched that shit, and four times I watched it screw itself into SCODVille trying to display some bullshit Flash thing on the \"Welcome\" screen.\n\nHere's the screenshot:\n\n\n\nSee that blank area at the bottom, next to \"Quick Tour\" and \"Contribute Tutorial\"? Yeah. That shows the \"trying to load Flash\" spinner for a few seconds, then the application goes off into StupidFlashAteMyApp Land. \n\nGOD, I WISH I HAD FLASH ON MY iPHONE, SO IT COULD BE RENDERED USELESS ON A REGULAR BASIS TOO! \n\nAs soon as I was able to move fast enough to click the \"Don't show again\" checkbox and cleanly quit the application, lo, Contribute starts cleanly. Great job showing us how hard Flash rocks Adobe, GREAT job.\n\nOh, and when I tried to connect it to this site? Of course, it sat and spun for a few, then crashed. Fuckit, I'm done. Any product that cannot successfully launch without assistance, and then cannot cleanly perform one of its most basic duties does not need to ever be used again.\n\nMarsEdit, you rule. Adobe Contribute, you suck.