flash HOORAY!

date posted 23rd January 2001 16:37

> My point is that Flash is a fantastic standard and I wish more clients saw
> the light and budgeted for it rather than moaning about plugins.......

Well, I've just had to deliver some streamed media using Flash, because
guess what, Crapscape couldn't be relied upon to find the plugins to deliver
it any other way!! Mark's proselytising may go a bit far for some, but his
TV analogy stands up IMHO and Flash 5 is way better than previous versions.

Just my 2p......
Paul.

P J White
www.BW3.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark SPLINTERPRODUCTS Harold" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Scroll Bars / flash HOORAY!


> I said:
> > > Use flash :) this is getting monotonous.
>
> > Marty the martian said:
> > As_can_be the use of Flash ;o)
>
> Well, yes marty thanks for pointing that out, but then TV is 95% bollocks
> but i still watch the 5%.
> And we're in the infancy of Flash, remember, I'm talking about Flash 8 and
> the creative possibilities therein. More exciting than a new database.
>
>
> Morgan said:
> > Acording to those comments why implement anything but Flash?
>
> Well.... I think you're catching on here, Morgan.... although i don't
> understand the bit about the cowboys and the fitting look.
> I do of course use a mix of flash, html, javascript, php, CSS, DHTML BLAH
> BLAH BLAH
> My point is that Flash is a fantastic standard and I wish more clients saw
> the light and budgeted for it rather than moaning about plugins. It solves
> SO many compatibility problems - the only one you're left with is making
> sure your site's worth a 20second plugin download.
> And i like the democracy of having something easy to get into, difficult
to
> master.
> And believe it or not, the people like it much more than your cruddy
> javascript that scrolls today's date in the status bar.
>
>
> And also Jon "aardman" H said:
> >what need is there to push the limits of
> >e-mail?? Especially within the confines of this forum (as granted HTML
mail
> >is perhaps useful for opt-in mailings).
>
> I say: Yeah. I agree. xxx :) Use plain text in a forum. But don't cripple
> your imagination elsewhere by being afraid of asking people to keep their
> software up to date.
>
>
> People want flash.
> People come up to me and say things like "i tried getting into your site
at
> easyEverything webcafe and it didn't work cause they haven't got Flash 5,
> the twats. I'll try it at work. You'd think they'd have Flash 5 by now
> seeing as it has been out for months."
> They don't say: "your site's just a page of text saying something about
> flashing. What the f*** is that all about? Is it broken?"
>
> And nobody *loves* a well coded HTML site except a techie.
>
>
> Mark
>
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