I’d have to disagree. Not if it can’t easily be reduced to a controllable item on the task bar, and not if it can’t be told to stay conveniently on top of other windows. Having to have IE/FF open (with their physical screen size) to watch something in flash is just a nuisance especially if you can’t force them to stay on top of other windows.
Also, it is very easy to accidentally close IE/FF and lose a flash prog, whereas WMP and RP are much easier to set and forget as you are usually only using them for one thing at one time, whereas web browsers are used for multiple things making it easy to forget what is or isn’t being used at any one time. If I follow any BBC content I always use standalone WMP or RP because I have got fed up of closing FF and losing embedded players. My bad, but I’m pretty sure other people have the same experience. Cheers -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Tweed Sent: 13 June 2008 14:11 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady! Surely the point is that flash embedded content is a plain, simple, easy thing that works. That makes it more user friendly than before. Cheers Jonathan On 13 Jun 2008, at 12:08, < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Anything is possible, of course, but people want plain simple easy things that work the way they expect them to work. Flash embedded BBC content isn’t really user friendly… I think. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gavin Pearce Sent: 13 June 2008 11:52 To: 'backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk <mailto:'backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk> ' Subject: RE: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady! It can be done in Windows, not by standard you have a point, but with other applications. Gavin Pearce | Junior Web Developer | TBS The Columbia Centre, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JG, United Kingdom Direct: +44 (0) 1344 403488 | Office: +44 (0) 1344 306011 | Fax: +44 (0) 1344 427138 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Yahoo: pearce.gavin | Skype: tbs.gavin www.tbs.uk.com <http://www.tbs.uk.com> < http://www.tbs.uk.com/> TBS is a trading name of Technology Services International Limited. Registered in England, company number 2079459. -----Original Message----- From: Adam [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 June 2008 11:42 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk <mailto:backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk> Subject: Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady! [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can Flash be reduced to a controllable toolbar on your start bar, and can it be told to stay on top of other windows ... both features that I for one use a lot with WMP and (OMG) RP as well. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> I think this can be done using AIR, but i haven't had a chance to play with creating my own AIR application yet. Adam This message has been scanned for viruses by Viatel MailControl <http://viatel.mailcontrol.com/> , a service from Viatel <http://www.viatel.com/> . This message has been scanned for viruses by Viatel MailControl <http://viatel.mailcontrol.com/> , a service from Viatel <http://www.viatel.com/> .
