video/shideshow with sound -- and the user could click on something
(say an individual in a group photo of the new years party) and get a
hint who she is-- then click again and see their position in the family
tree. Say... Hal, Matt or anyone... could use the same techniques to
improve the UI of their apps.
Hey, that's similar to how you can control a DVD movie in your computer
or DVD player.
Why can't I have a richer interface?... continued.
We certainly have all the tools to be able to *create* this type of
preso -- some free, some not.
CFML, DBs Flash, HTML/DHTML,
What we don't have is *all* the tools to *deliver* this type of preso.
Consider this, you can put together a pretty rich preso with CFML Flash
and some others ... but the richer the preso, the less accessible it
becomes.
We know this, it is in the back of our mind, as we develop every web
app ... we are limited by bandwidth!
The final reel!
I don't know about you, but I am guilty of thinking inside the box.
What if we remove (or mitigate) the bandwidth restriction?
Some of those RRRIA (ReallyReallyRich) 200 meg Flash files would load
in a few seconds,
Or, we could stream large-size, high-quality audio and video (without
expensive streaming software).
It would be practical to extend or supplement A/V with control,
interaction and background data -- hey with the right setup, we could
even dim the lights while the movie plays & bring them back up when
it's time for popcorn.
Or, how about a preso with picture-in-picture -- See and Hear Hal as he
does his thing. (certainly would be harder to plagiarize)
Or, your monitor/status reporting app looks like the cockpit display of
the latest jet fighter (or video game)!
Or, your app gathers/references (rather than uploads) the users
photos/movies/audio and helps him create/burn his own "family
memories" CDs.
Are you with me, so far?
OK, how do we remove (or mitigate) the bandwidth restriction?
We run on the desktop!
That changes everything!
Thoughts?
Dick
"In times like these, it helps to recall that
there have always been times like these."
- Paul Harvey -
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