On 05/03/07, blogHUD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
they soon found out that a MASSIVE majority of users to BBC News Online had the version of Flash I needed
I was always told we needed the BBC to cater for the people who aren't in the majority. If you are only going to cater for the majority then why do we even bother with a BBC in the first place?
I think it's amusing when I see people bemoan the use of Flash for things that sure, can be done in AJAX etc.
I would recommend never using Flash. By using Flash the BBC is forcing users to enter into a legal contract with a third party, just to use the BBC's site. Oh and on the subject of VM, how does the flash VM protect me if I am worried about the player itself being hostile? I can not accurately determine what actions it is going to take. I am sorry but I am not skilled enough in reverse engineering to look at binary level data and determine what the code does. Quick comment about the person who said "Java can be compiled to javascript, they must have the same features". Think about that for a minute. My C compiler GCC, compiles C and C++ code to Intel Machine ode, are you saying machine code and C/C++ have the same language features? Andy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
