From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 11 23:08:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B8A16A417 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2DD613C461 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:08:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m1BN4fGn052888; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:04:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m1BN4fGH052887; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:04:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:04:41 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080211230441.GC52461@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <20080211211052.X5691@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <47B0AF73.6030901@chuckr.org> <200802112304.09906.jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20080211211428.GA50577@aleph.cepheid.org> <20080211223155.C6199@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <47B0CDA1.9060801@student.utwente.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47B0CDA1.9060801@student.utwente.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Wojciech Puchar Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:08:21 -0000 On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:35:13PM +0000, Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote: > Wojciech Puchar cut a corner: > > >but there are sites that you can't do anything without flash, as even > >navigation requires this. > > True. > > >this is just example of crap-design, > > I agree. Although I don't think everybody will. > > >and i simply don't view them.. > > I'm afraid it's not that simple. Counterexample: > > When I was shopping for a new parachute rig, one of the manufacturers I was > interested in turned out to have a Flash-only website. I could of course > have decided not to buy there because their website sucks, but when it > comes to equipment that's supposed to be going to save my life hundreds of > times I'd much rather base the decision on the quality of the product than > on the technical soundness of a website, thank you :-) But, the attentiveness to potential customer's needs may well be represented by their attention to the quality of their website. I have often felt that someone who cares so little or needs such ego massaging as to make a difficult-to-use commercial website is probably demonstrating the care they would put in to their product or service. Anyway, it would make me ask more questions - including "why do you dis your customers in your web site". ////jerry > > I don't mean to ridicule your principles, I merely mean to point out that > in my opinion it's not always as black and white as you make it seem. > > Alphons > > -- > All right, that does it Bill [Donahue]. I'm pretty sure that killing Jesus > is not very Christian. > -- pope Benedict XVI, South Park episode #158 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"