On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> 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.
I don't resist it, I just advise anyone to use it in such a way that I can
access their site with the tools I want to use. I may use tools I do not
like when I really want to see a page. Most of the time I do not. So I do
not see it. If that is what people want, fine with me.
As for the good things about flash: I still have to see flashy stuff that
is more than a banner that moves a bit more and makes noise. OK, I may be
exaggerating, but 98% is.
Unfortunately you cannot get rid of it as easy as with a lot of banners,
by making your nameserver authoritative for imgis.com etc. Can't we put
all flashes on one server?
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