About freaking time. 2009/3/20 Rupert <[email protected]>
> Well... as discussed on a local web professionals group that I'm part > of in north Vancouver Island, we're not talking about forgetting IE7 > and even IE6 just yet. They'll be around for a long time. In > London, almost everyone I knew and worked for had XP and was willing > to install FF and IE7. > > Here in the sticks, some people are still on Windows 98. They > couldn't download new software even if they wanted to. One very > talented local designer said, "Two years ago we had to build a site > that rendered well on Netscape 4 for Mac because that's what our > client used. We just finished a project where the client was on IE 6 > on an 800x600 monitor. Fair enough, in both cases, but hugely > frustrating and quite limiting." > > That kind of compatibility requirement from clients is going to carry > on for years. > > One of the things I've realised is that people with really old PCs > running Windows 98 can still see YouTube, even though they can't see > any type of video or video sharing site. Which just illustrates > YouTube's genius in choosing to stick with their crappy Flash 7 codec. > > When all the other video sites were competing in quality and > features, YouTube's priorities were maximum compatibility and not > caring about copyright infringement. That's what made them win. > They didn't listen to what everybody else was saying was important. > Their site worked for 99% of users, as opposed to the 60 or 70 that > could see Blip because they had to have Flash 8, 9 or 10 installed. > And their site had the clips that people wanted to share - old TV > clips and music videos. > > Like with the other discussion about the Flip, even though it was > crappy quality, YouTube *just worked* for everyone, so everyone used it. > > R > > > On 20-Mar-09, at 11:27 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Rupert > <[email protected]<rupert%40fatgirlinohio.org>> > > wrote: > > For all of you who design your own videoblogs, or design sites for > > other people, this is a red letter day. Internet Explorer with web > > standards. Many hours of wasted life reclaimed. > > Is IE8 really that make of a sea change. Is it like Firefox now? > > are we talking about just coding one page for all browsers? > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://jaydedman.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv/ > Creative Mobile Filmmaking > Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Jeffrey Taylor 912 Cole St, #349 San Francisco, CA 94117 USA Mobile: +14157281264 Fax: +33177722734 http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor http://organicconversations.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
