On Monday 4 September 2006 00:55, Roberto Saccon wrote: > Below my "argumentation": > > I've investigated this road, while I was implementing the AJAX client. My > > biggest design-issue was that I had to support two client-versions, since > > I don't want to rule out M$ Explorer, Safari, Opera and the like. Can you > > give an argumentation why I should do it after all? > > The advantage of HTML (and to some extent also JavaScript and flash) > is that NO Client installation is necessary. With screencasting, the > authors or moderators need anyway to install an additional software. > That is the point. Whether it is a 5,5 MB browser (plus an easy > installable extension) or a just a standalone application, it's about > the same hassle for the user (I guess not everybody agrees with me on > that). So I prefer the extension, because my target audience for > screenkasting authors are firefox users (Firefox is the most used > browser for techsavy geeks), so it's easier for them to install and > easier for me to develop. > > I am open to hear other opinions ..
Ok, I'm following you for 100% with the client installation. Since the primary goal of the project is to help out total n00bs (Linux, Mac, Windows, ... I don't care), using video, instead of technical texts, or telephonists using words like 'navigating', 'browsing' or 'surfing' (yes, believe me, these terms create confusion), from a users point of view, the less actions required before the actual video is viewable, the better. That's why I likes the AJAX-approach so much; you don't even need a plugin! The only drawback: it uses the <canvas> extension, which is (what did you expect?) not available in IE, but it is in nearly every other modern browser, so actually, back to square one... So, my second approach was to skip the inventive road, and rely on the good 'ol flash plugin. So, I started captorials.com with a flash-based viewer, and guess what, apparently, without even knowing it, I have shut out the progressive user using 64bit platforms, because the plugin isn't available for them. Conclusion; browser applications are supposed to be 'cross-platform', but that bubble bursts as soon as you try to do something non-obvious. I guess that's the whole reason we're having this discussion in the first place... b. _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
