I think the polite approach to such a thing might be to offer the viewer a choice, rather than launching straight into the Java stuff and a moving panorama. The key to usability is handing over control to the user, not having the machine (or, more accurately, the programmer) make the user's decisions.
Personally, I rather like the panorama, but I also like to be the person who decides what my machine does. It's the difference between driving a car, and catching a bus. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 January 2006 19:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > I understand Shel's unhappiness here, but I found Jens' > panorama quite interesting and well done. And I believe it's > perfectly appropriate to offer it as a PESO. Those who wish > to view it will do so. Those who would prefer not to look at > it. won't. But I think it's wrong to dismiss it as "junk." > It's not junk. It's the same view one would have if one stood > in the road and turned 360 degrees in order to take in the > full landscape. It's a photograph, although a new type of > photograph that depends on the availability of certain > technology. I don't think digital photographic exploration > should be reduced to the lowest common denominator: i.e. > don't do it if it requires any new technology to implement. > Broadband and java aren't exactly day after tomorrow. They're > in general use by a large majority of internet users. > Paul >
