# Flash 5 or MX **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [January 6, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758 "2003-01-06T23:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clayman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Clayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Clayman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/1 "2003-01-06T23:51:16Z")
A friend of mine says he wants to learn to make flash, and he was asking me if i can tell him what he shuld buy, Flash 5 (4,3,…) or MX. Do you guys know what he should get??? -Thanks, Happy Flashin’:cowboy: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/2 "2003-01-06T23:58:15Z")
Most of the time, actually all of the time I like having the most up to date version. Answer me this, would you still buy VHS if you had a DVD player? Grow with the times, get MX, unless you think you can’t handle it 😉 Actually MX is better for beginners than Flash 5 or lower because of the easy to use interface! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/3 "2003-01-07T00:04:36Z")
> \*Originally posted by dan4885 \* > **…would you still buy VHS if you had a DVD player?** Couldn’t have said it better myself! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/4 "2003-01-07T00:11:33Z")
ok, thanks guys. I’ll tell him to get MX -Happy Flashin’ :cowboy: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/5 "2003-01-07T01:01:50Z")
I agree with the others and I also think if you’re going to rack your brains learning a program, might as well rack your brains on the latest version. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/6 "2003-01-07T01:03:52Z")
> \*Originally posted by electrongeek \* > \*\*I agree with the others and I also think if you’re going to rack your brains learning a program, might as well rack your brains on the latest version. =) \*\* Exactly. The coding scheme and interface has change a bit in MX since Flash 5. So you could spend your whole time learning Flash 5, only to update (if that happens) and have to relearn almost everything. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/7 "2003-01-07T01:24:29Z")
ok guys, THANKS! -he’ll order MX tomarrow ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-or-mx/10758/8 "2003-01-07T19:18:13Z")
YEha man… The others are right… MX… I started of fin 5 and it screwed me up for 2 weeks trying to gte the hang of MX instead of 5… I almost went back… And now that I didn’t… I’m glad… Cause it’s a heck of alot better…