It’s fair to say this book would be much different if no one helped me write it. In fact, I suspect it would be bad. General acknowledgements, like those that follow, help reduce the chances of leaving anyone out. The people at Macromedia are always accessible and responsive. In the case of the Flash 8 team, though, they outdid themselves with a great product and a super-effective beta process. I’ve tried listing specific Macromedians in my other books’ acknowledgements and, even when the list contains more than 100 people, I inevitably forget someone (so I’m not going to risk that here)