You're missing the point.  It's not that I'm incapable or unwilling to learn AS3.

It's that building an app in Flash is 10x more involved - knowledge of AS3 or Catalyst or not - than building a simple deliverable using InDesign and the appropriate extensions.  Heck, even if AS3 hadn't been invented and I could use AS2, it would still involve far more steps than what you have with InDesign.

For that matter, it's mondo bizarro that Adobe didn't streamline the app building tools in Flash, lol.  Oh my.  Watch any of those AdobeTV videos:  90% coding, 5% actual graphics manipulation/creation, 5% testing.  lol.  There seems to be an ungodly amount of steps and coding in just compiling the thing for mobile compatibility. 

But yeah..I gotta bite the bullet and start in on AS3.  But as mentioned earlier, it's not just me.  Have you visited actionscript.org or flashkit lately?  Still just as many AS2 posts as AS3.  At least I'm not alone in my pathetic laziness.

Oh..and another reason to bring sideloading back?  Digital resumes that someone can present or deliver.

So close.  Yet so far away.

The question remains:

Will Adobe extend more options in terms of the DPS pricing?  Looks promising:

By Adobe Digital Publishing Admin - 7:29 PM on April 15, 2011

Hi Bonnie, Thanks for your comment and your interest! We are definitely looking into how best to serve small and independent publisher because we know they make up a large part of InDesign users. We’ll be sure to share any updates here. Thanks.

 

By Adobe Digital Publishing Admin - 12:03 AM on May 3, 2011   Reply

Hi Jorge- Thanks for this feedback. We’re investigating other pricing options and models for independent publishers right now and will definitely let you know when we have something to announce. Thanks!

By Adobe Digital Publishing Admin - 9:34 PM on May 16, 2011   Reply

Hi John, Thanks for this feedback. We’re investigating alternative, lower cost pricing models and will keep you updated. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

 

That's from the Pro Edition page.

Bend, I wanna hear from you what you think would be a fair rate to charge small and/or independent (single person) publishers.

Go.

As i discussed with an Adobe Rep yesterday .. Acrobat.com already extends the folio experience outside the DPS dashboard... it would just be nice if the viewer could be accessed by someone other than a registered Adobe.com user.

I'm glad that your not giving up on the solution.  I think they were always be people griping about pricing.. i mean if Adobe did do a model like Quark/aquafados... people would quickly realize that after making a few apps.. they are racking up a bill that would have covered Unlimited app creation with a full year licensing of DPS as it is now.   we have already been hearing from people complaining about performance issues with Quack/Aquafados's XML based app creation.. and server performance lags.  Although i believe that solution is aimed more toward a business like yours... (cause you know exactly how many people are going to be interacting with the server) but for the user that intends to make profit (unless they are running a dedicated server environment), are going to experience major App lag and performance issues with anything else they have on that server. So for us at least.. its like ok--- i can spend $500 a month on a basic dedicated server.. or $500  a month on DPS.. with the server space already there... plus all the amazing features!   Thats how my design firm has been thinking about it..

I have an acrobat.com account and was asked to look into creating an iPad Magazine twice yearly release that could be viewed by users with company iPads, Blackberry's etc as we produce Magazine style Newsletters using Indesign and publish PDF's and also a version  for online viewing.

The company I work for is a $20 Billion company and we have over 140 thousand employees, so money is not an issue, but value is.

When I explained how the folio system worked, all I saw in th room were open mouths.............

" You mean, we create the content in house, we cannot store it on our own servers, and we have to pay someone else for the privilege of viewing our own content?"

So we are sticking to PDF's and SWF Web Content. Easy enough also to convert to HTML5 compliance, create a podcast via iTunes and away we go.

This setup is stupid, and Adobe knows it is stupid. Why else do they deliberately forget to mention these extra requirements when they are advertising these "fantastic" options.

Adobe is known for vague information anyway and heavily relies on third party companies to provide training and support for their products so we should not be surprised about this lack of information about huge outlays.

I'll get more information from Lynda.com soon I'm sure!

Where do you find information about getting the folio file from acrobat.com onto an iPad to view offline when someone is on an aircraft or in an area with limited wireless access ( These areas still exist you know)?