At 10:46 AM -0500 6/12/02, Howdy-Tzi wrote:
>1. A not inconsiderable number of users are not allowed to alter their systems by IT 
>wonks, and so can't or won't have Shockwave; and
>
>2. We don't know how *current* the sWave installs are in other locations. They could 
>be versions < 8.5, which would hose your 3D.

This is an issue, but one of the big advantages of shockwave over quicktime is that 
Microsoft seems prepared to support shockwave and include it with their browser, so 
the installed base of >8.5 viewers will only increase, while the number of quicktime 
capable viewers will likely decrease over time.

Personally, I think the Quicktime format is superior to the other movie formats, but 
as a web developer I realize that Microsoft is in a standards war for the future of 
online video, and will give no quarter to Quicktime (or Realmedia) as long as the 
Justice department is looking the other way.

Stupid question... are there now two separate plugins for shockwave and flash, or are 
they the same?

-- Randal
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