Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:28:59 +0000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: what happened to linuxflashplugin? Message-ID: <BAY143-W4DAA5A224916E8ECDF1E38D2A0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20080211234905.O6779@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <20080211211052.X5691@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <47B0AF73.6030901@chuckr.org> <200802112304.09906.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20080211211428.GA50577@aleph.cepheid.org> <20080211223155.C6199@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <47B0CDA1.9060801@student.utwente.nl> <20080211234905.O6779@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:52:26 +0100 > From: wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? >=20 >> >>> this is just example of crap-design, >> >> I agree. Although I don't think everybody will. >=20 > i don't care what others think. >=20 >>> 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 th= an >> on the technical soundness of a website, thank you :-) >=20 > in case of things that has very few producers you are unfortunately true. > in every other, narrowing the offer to half won't be disastrous, and thos= e=20 > who made flash-only website will lose few% of potential clients. >=20 > with well designed website (i don't mean it can't have flash, but it must= =20 > be usable without) everybody will read. >=20 > and making all-compatible site isn't difficult. it's very easy And I agree wholeheartedly with both sentiments here. I design sites which = I hope will reach 98% of the web, including disability access, and will be = at least readable to browser that might not display content correctly. I th= ink its a sham how a lot of web design companies- particularly here in Aust= ralia- who take the "easy" way out and design poorly based on statistics an= d familiar tools. For reference any web designers out there: IE is not the number one browser= these days, and is losing ground because IE7 sucks (numerous bugs, includi= ng problems with interoperability with MSN Messenger!). Firefox is growing = as is OSS. So start changing guys! Adobe would do well to take note too.... What also can't understand is why web designers can't make better use of th= e tools available on the servers themselves- they seem to be stuck on simpl= e LAMP or whatever, and can't get around to using the other cool modules of= fered by apache to reduce load on the server and speed up response. It is a= complete system after all. Apologies for my rant, but trying to convince a customer on this is hard as= well :) _________________________________________________________________ Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%= 2Eau%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%3Fs%5Fcid%3D595810&_t=3D766724125&_r=3DHotmail_Email= _Tagline_MyCareer_Oct07&_m=3DEXT=
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