That's a very good point David. Not to mention that some of these secretary's have a passed down machine that's like 7 yrs old, I know this because my uncle pass's his old computers at his surgery to the secretary, and you can barely load SMH...
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:42 AM, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2009/12/1 Ross McKinnon <[email protected]> > > Hi all, as you guys aren’t exactly our target market, this can’t be >> considered a cheap marketing email to promote our new website, but more a >> demonstration of how silverlight can be utilized to create a global >> retail branding site. >> > [ ... ] > > http://www.statowl.com/silverlight.php > > <http://www.statowl.com/silverlight.php>Silverlight/Flash is a great > adjunct to an HTML web site (to play video or a browser game), but you're > barking mad to turn two in three of your users away (except to see a basic > list of stores). Aside from an initial flash in the pan from nerds like me > looking at it purely because it is implemented in SL - your analytics/KPIs > are going to look like a train smash in a month. > > The average secretary looking for some info on the next Gold Gold Silver > Silver Chain Chain Sale Sale on her work PC at lunch isn't going to be able > to install it anyway. > > Turning away 2 in 3 customers in the lead up to Christmas ... ? > > Hell, we try and talk customers out of using Javascript unless it is needed > (so you don't lose the 5-7% of people on rubbish browsers, behind nazi > proxies/anti-malware, etc) > > I'll get back in my box now. > > -- > David Connors ([email protected]) > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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