From: "Sobczak, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: auto installation of real player
I would have to second this motion. Real Video is by far the best
technology there is on the web for streaming video, but there are those
people who just won't have any part of it simply because there's a plugin
that has to be manually downloaded, and they either don't want to take the
time to DL it, or they think (rather, they underestimate) that their viewers
won't take the time to DL it... The same goes for Flash/Shockwave -- it's a
fabulous technology, but because there are plugins to install, they don't
want anything to do with it (which is a tragedy in and of itself!!)...
Macromedia is making strides in auto-installing their shockwave plugins,
thus making them idiot-proof -- Real should do the same thing!
Thanks for listening!
- Dan Sobczak, New Media Content Manager
- ABC 15, KNXV-TV Phoenix
- http://www.phoenix360.com
- (602)683-5962
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: auto installation of real player
>
> From: Poindexter Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: auto installation of real player
>
> Auto installation would be great. It might aleviate
> the tons of "you need a new player to view this clip"
> error messages that fill up my rmerror log everday.
> After all the auto update features seem to work great.
> My players are always telling me when new stuff is
> availble and asking me if I wish to upgrade.
>
> It seems to me there are way to many older players out
> there being bundled with computers or software
> packages that are getting into the hands of people who
> don't understand downloading and installing new
> versions of programs. And I would agree with the
> statement about "if I can't download it no one else
> will". I often wonder how many people are never
> coming back to our site because they just assume that
> this new fangled streaming technology just don't work.
> So there's your challenge Real Networks....How can you
> make this stuff idiot proof.
>
> Andy B.
