[cfaussie] RE: CFMX Updater 3 Released

[gary menzel]

While I compeltely agree about the Flash interface to the downloads (I just KNOW the pages would load quicker if they were HTML and there is NOTHING on the pages that could not be done in DHTML and CSS) I would like to jump in on one defence......

I have created two accounts with MM - one on my home address and one on my work address.

Both of them always inforrm me regularly of MM releases by email.  If I ever forget my password they are always prompt to remail it to me.  Not only that, I can also tell them to NOT send me email - and they dont.  I find that last thing very useful in this day and age when people seem to be getting my email address from any public webpage I may have ever put it on.

But yes - too much "pretty" not enough "usability".  And WAY too much use of Flash for things that should be just straight HTML.  I would not care - except that the pages take much longer to load than the equivalent HTML would.

While I am very quickly becoming a "Flash Convert" I am disappointed that "best practice" is not being displayed and promoted on the MM site.


Gary Menzel
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/20/2003 10:28:35 AM:

> I feel like I'm starting to get Catty about the MM page, but FFS.
>
> After turning on plain html accessibility options, I've browsed to the
> appropriate doodats and found the download link, on clicking it, its
> selected 'please download flash' ... but I'm using the plain HTML
> accessibility options? piss off, give it to me in html. grrrr.
>
> Oh... wait, I'm using opera, here's a link to the IE download page - grrrr.
>
> So after firing up IE (grrrr) and browsing back, before I can download it, I
> need to volunteer my email address? WHY? piss off! What? Please sign up for
> notification about future CFMX releases? sure! why the hell not, I've signed
> up for it at least a dozen times already and not gotten an email back yet
> apart from the confirmations. I'd be more upset about the collecting my
> email for spam purposes. But since I've been using an email address with
> macromedia in it (nomacromediaspam@ it seems that I don't get any email
> returned from MM... I'm wondering if there's a regex that fitlers out spam
> catchers? Or if they just never send bloody emails about updaters.
>
> Ahh! 3 rants, two f$(kits and a cranky geek later, the download starts...
> grrrr...
>
> I dunno, I just don't like this interface. Too much 'oooh purdy' not enough
> 'useful'. Far too many clicks, far too much personal information, and far
> too much client configuration requirement to be good.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:08 AM
> Subject: [cfaussie] RE: CFMX Updater 3 Released
>
>
> > Take that back... I hate that you can't tell when somethings downloading
> > with flash..
> >
> > Brian Gilbert
> >
> > Wesley College, Melbourne Australia
> > Position:  Web Architect
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> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/20/03 11:06am >>>
> > It'd be nice if the download link worked tho..
> >
> > I'm just getting empty flash framing in the look of the rest of site..
> >
> > Brian Gilbert
> >
> > Wesley College, Melbourne Australia
> > Position:  Web Architect
> > E-mail:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Personal Website: http://www.realityloop.com/
> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/20/03 10:49am >>>
> > From Steven Erat from cftalk:
> >
> > > CFMX Updater 3 Released March 20, 2003
> > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/special/updater/faq/
> > >
> > > CFMX Updater3 Release Notes
> > >
> >
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/releasenotes/mx/releasenotes_mx
> >
> >
> > _updater.html
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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