Should I learn Flash or Director?

Question

I just had this conversation with a colleague and I am now turning to the SO community to provide evidence based on fact, not opinion, as to which tool would be ideal to grow into in the current programming environment. Director or Flash?

I am deciding if I should stick with Flash or bother learning Director 11.5. He want to know if he should stick with Director or learn Flash. No, we don't work together. Hehe..

EDIT:

I've gotten ExternalInterface to work with VB.NET, hence the need for Director in the context of its ability to do File System IO and "non-flv" video are eliminated. No if only VB could do the kinds of animation that Flash could do, I could turn towards being a "real" programmer...

Answer 1

Just do what you think you'll enjoy.

Answer 2

Flash would be better. In my opinion director is kinda dead. 11.5 does have some interesting features (GPU acceleration etc) but it requires shockwave and not many people have that. In any case Unity3D would be better suited if you are after GPU acceleration.

Answer 3

Although Director has gotten a little love recently, I think Adobe's bigger focus is Flash. They're putting a big effort in 10.1 which should offer some serious performance improvements and be more mobile friendly. It's also part of the growing Adobe Air installation base. And finally, Flash has much better market penetration, so my vote would be Flash.