At 1:36 PM 6/4/1, Paris Lundis wrote: > on bandwidth... you increase the amount of network traffic > on the clients server and you have no idea how downloading > any files is going to impact the end user. Hmm... for comparable content, the single HTTP connection of a streaming SWF file is usually less of a server hit than is requesting each media element separately for an HTML page. I agree that tight, to-the-point communications have advantages, though... that's why we rely on titles in mailing lists, so we can evaluate where to invest time. > user setup... many people and those that matter have misconfigured > gear, old browsers, run in lower resolution so they can see, low color > depth... for this reason and the idea of the system processing unit on > the end user's machine that a presentation can run either wonderfully > or fatally.... Four times a year MediaMetrix asks its regular consumer focus groups "Can you see this page, right now, without downloading anything new? Okay, how about this next page, can you see this right now?" In the March audit 96% of consumers tested could see at least some Flash content, while 55% already had the latest Player. <http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetr ation.html> I'd agree that some folks won't be set up for rich displays, and that others may have misconfigurations that prevent them from hearing your message, although from testing their numbers may not be as significant as the increased receptiveness you'd get from a richer presentation. The appropriate communication varies with the audience, and the message. jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
