> As much as you might not like to admit it, when an OS generates 92%
of the
> traffic on a website, that's a standard. 91% of that is Windows versions
> that can play .wmv9 with no trouble. [stats pulled from my own community
> website just now]
Perhaps you don't understand what STANDARDS are.
It doesn't matter whether Windows has 51% or 92% of the traffic.
Standards are for the rest of us who choose not to use Windows for many
reasons, not just for Windows users. Broken web sites lose visitors and
money when they aren't designed for everybody. Smart web designers don't
use bad and/or broken code.
Your community web site is not a good measure of users anyway. Many of
us have to hide our browser/platform ID in order to get into web sites.
The stat says Windows, but the visitors are using something else. The
statistical sample is too small to be significant, too. Funny, the stats
from my site show less than 50% using Windows. That's as significant as
your stats.
**The Internet and World Wide Web are designed to be platform and
browser independent. Wise web developers create sites for _everybody_,
not only for Windows users**
Yes, pro video people use wmv9 all the time these days for many purposes. I
*am* one so I can talk. Flash _video_ is *not* older than .wmv, nor even
wmv9 which is when I started using it (and is all I'm talking about). As I
recall, video only became possible with Flash 6, but to date there are no
easy/free converters or players (I believe Adobe is getting set to release a
free player RSN).
I did Director videos long before WMV was a belch in Bill Gates' throat.
No. Professionals who do video advertising for TV and who create
theatrical movies do not use WMV. They'd be laughed out of the studio
for suggesting it, unless they work at MSN.
Betty
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