On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote: > Opera 10.1. Video & FLASH I don't need. My computer isn't used as an > entertainment center. The web needs a steady unchanging format that you can > depend on. > One day a web site works and the next it doesn't. Just a big pain.
Flash requires the Adobe Flash Player plugin. If it's not installed, Flash won't happen. HTML5 is *not* your problem. Bandwidth is. You're on dial up, and flash and video both require bandwidth you don't have. (They also require system resources. I have an ancient notebook multi-booting Win2K and Linux. I don't even try to play Flash video. I see a series of still pictures. The old box has a 767mhz CPU and 256MB RAM, and just doesn't have the power to handle the demands.) I strongly suspect lack of bandwidth is also what bites you on sites that work one day and fail the next. It's in the interest of web sites to be accessible, and most sites of any size are careful about changes that may break things for users. I have broadband. I see occasional instances of sites working one day and not the next, and bandwidth is the issue. *My* bandwidth is fine. *They* don't have sufficient bandwidth from their host, and my attempt to connect times out. But those are all smaller and largely hobbyist sites, operating on a shoestring. The issue you are facing is that broadband is increasingly prevalent, and most sites assume the user will have broadband and a relatively current browser supporting current standards. It's a fair assumption because most users *do* have those things. There simply aren't enough who don't to justify the effort needed to accommodate them. Like I said, the web won't hold still for you, but HTML5 is not your problem. > cheers > DS ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
