Dawson, Michael wrote: > I was watching USA and Sweden compete in the very interesting > sport of curling this afternoon. EVERYWHERE the camera looked, > there was a blatant Ford logo... > If it wasn't for the hot girls slipping and sliding on the > cool ice....
Each of us has stuff we'd like to pay attention to. Sometimes we don't want to pay others to produce that stuff. Other people will often pay the producers in order to get us to pay attention to their stuff. I'm hoping that we can continue to evolve content delivery for multiple types of contracts, to accommodate both the "I'll pay $X to see ad-free curling" and "I'll watch curling but won't subscribe" viewpoints. One size doesn't always fit all. > Tonight, I got an important message to upgrade MSN > Messenger Beta 7.... I read these paragraphs a few times, and up top saw the conclusion "a large commercial for MSN", but the evidence presented for this was the presence of "emoticons, display pictures, backgrounds, etc" within the (default?) chrome of a recent beta Microsoft Messenger, which was then followed by the stated intention "I would NEVER pay for that stuff." I'm not sure whether the UI has too much advertising, or offers too many features for free that you wouldn't pay for, or whether the true concern is that someone dependent on you may purchase too many things on your financial account. I do know that if an interface becomes too offensive to too many people that it will become more difficult for that interface to succeed, and there will then be evolutionary pressure for more appropriate alternatives to flourish. Is this what you think Microsoft is accomplishing here...? jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153343 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
