Offering low bandwidth and high bandwidth choices to users can solve that
problem.
Swerve
> From: "ECS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:09:06 -0500
> To: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Christopher Masto"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Michael Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Cow Flix
>
> Frankly, most of the resistance is due to the slow download speeds of
> all of us stuck with 26 k connections. Not because that is all we wish
> to have, but that is all the telephone company will furnish us.
>
> Until high speed connections are universally available it is a foolish
> company that loads their web pages down with all the bandwidth hogging
> latest wonders that cause those with slow connections to move on to the
> next site instead of waiting for them to download.
>
> I like flash, but do not use it for this reason. Nor do I stay at a
> site that does use it unless they also provide a button to allow me to
> escape from the flash presentation and move into their site without
> watching all the latest and greatest.
>
> If you are fortunate enough to be in an area with DSL or cable, be
> happy. A large number of surfers are not.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Christopher Masto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Michael Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re[2]: Cow Flix
>
>
>> Hello Christopher,
>>
>> Friday, August 04, 2000, 6:47:16 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 11:50:41PM -0700, William X. Walsh wrote:
>>>> I don't know if I agree with this anymore. At one time, this was
> the
>>>> case, but times change, and now there are very few surfers, almost
> an
>>>> insignificant number, who do not have access to the flash plugins
> with
>>>> their browsers. I think more and more this is becoming a universal
>>>> option, and as such, it is time to start accepting it as a part of
> the
>>>> tools available to websites.
>>
>>> The web is that which is documented at http://www.w3.org/
>>
>> That is the rigid way of looking at it. But the fact is that there is
>> plenty more to the internet than what the W3 Consortium is stating as
>> the "standard." What is in the standard today was at one time
>> considered too new to be on the web. You can wait for the w3
>> consortium to approve a standard (which doesn't happen until
>> 99.999999% of the internet is already using it) or you can begin to
>> already use technology that adds a lot to your company's arsenal and
>> has the distinction of being supported by all but a statistically
>> insignificant number.
>>
>> Someone has to push the envelope. And at least with Flash, its a very
>> safe push.
>>
>> But as with all things that are not "old school" internet, there is
>> always resistance.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
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