Typical. Museum of London Docklands display would be ready to set sail were it not for no-show cast member
(2020/10/08)
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Bork!Bork!Bork! Today's submission to the pantheon of bork comes from reader Alastair Craft (who spotted a [1]rolling BSOD earlier this year) via the rather splendid Museum of London Docklands.
By our reckoning, this is a twofer in terms of obsolete software; Macromedia (or Adobe) Director running atop Windows 7. The former has its roots well into the last century and was once quite the thing for putting together interactive stuff.
The acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe was finally completed [2]back in 2005 .
[3]
The "Director" name is part of the movie-like metaphors used in the creation of the applications and animations. In this instance, it appears a "cast member" has not turned up – how very A-list Hollywood. Our reader vaguely remembered the same error on the same display during his previous visit, "which would rule out the 'cast member' having been tracked-and-traced and isolating at home," he said.
The sprite message gives a clue as to what a cast member actually is – likely a bitmap to be blitted about the screen.
Death and taxis: Windows has had enough of clinging to a cab rooftop in the London rain [4]READ MORE
Comparisons between Director and Flash are difficult to avoid, although Adobe finally pulled the plug on the former in 2017 having left the software gathering dust since the last major release in 2013. Flash is taking a while longer [5]to kill .
As for the [6]museum (showing a bit of software from the past as well as other artefacts from London's rich history), we're delighted to note that it is open for visitors, although a prebooked free ticket is required. Our reader noted that "the museum is IMHO excellent and a good way to spend an afternoon" and we'd have to agree.
We look forward to the new exhibition: "The Great Bork Of London (2020)" ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/28/bork_bork_bork/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2005/12/05/adobe_completes_macromedia_acquisition/
[3] https://regmedia.co.uk/2020/10/07/bork3.jpg
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/28/bork_bork_bork/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2017/07/25/flash_nahuh_internets_screen_door_gone_for_good_by_2020/
[6] https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands
[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
By our reckoning, this is a twofer in terms of obsolete software; Macromedia (or Adobe) Director running atop Windows 7. The former has its roots well into the last century and was once quite the thing for putting together interactive stuff.
The acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe was finally completed [2]back in 2005 .
[3]
The "Director" name is part of the movie-like metaphors used in the creation of the applications and animations. In this instance, it appears a "cast member" has not turned up – how very A-list Hollywood. Our reader vaguely remembered the same error on the same display during his previous visit, "which would rule out the 'cast member' having been tracked-and-traced and isolating at home," he said.
The sprite message gives a clue as to what a cast member actually is – likely a bitmap to be blitted about the screen.
Death and taxis: Windows has had enough of clinging to a cab rooftop in the London rain [4]READ MORE
Comparisons between Director and Flash are difficult to avoid, although Adobe finally pulled the plug on the former in 2017 having left the software gathering dust since the last major release in 2013. Flash is taking a while longer [5]to kill .
As for the [6]museum (showing a bit of software from the past as well as other artefacts from London's rich history), we're delighted to note that it is open for visitors, although a prebooked free ticket is required. Our reader noted that "the museum is IMHO excellent and a good way to spend an afternoon" and we'd have to agree.
We look forward to the new exhibition: "The Great Bork Of London (2020)" ®
Get our [7]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/28/bork_bork_bork/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2005/12/05/adobe_completes_macromedia_acquisition/
[3] https://regmedia.co.uk/2020/10/07/bork3.jpg
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/28/bork_bork_bork/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2017/07/25/flash_nahuh_internets_screen_door_gone_for_good_by_2020/
[6] https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands
[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Not Unusual...
Ochib
Capex v Opex. The grant was always for Capex.
Ah the heady days of Director
Rob
That brings back memories, I think I can still remember some Lingo.
The joys of building interactive CD's!
Not Unusual...
...for museums to be running out of date software.
Typically they got a grant at some time in the past for "innovative interactive displays" but no money for maintenance or support.
Usually, in my experience, those displays (even when they work) replaced existing good signage to the detriment of actually providing information. It's not always the case, Stow Maries Aerodrome in Essex got it right.