Posted by Steve King on 09/28/05 06:02

"Carl Zwanzig" <zbang@radix.net> wrote in message
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> <mrmook@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>2) EVERYONE has the flash player. It is now the most universal of all
>>players. Windows, MAC, Linux/UNIX all view the video the way I encoded
>>it.
>
> EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE FLASH!! (sorry for the shouting, not the message)
>
> In my case, only one of my systems has flash, but most have quicktime,
> windoze media, and maybe mplayer or xine. I know a fair number of other
> people with similar setups. I have no use for flash or shockwave.
>
> Rant:
> Macromedia flash is one of the most overused devices for delivering
> "user experiences" on the planet. When I visit a web page, I don't want
> fancy shifting menus, long animations, etc, I want to see the page.
> Vendors that have flash-only web sites don't get my business, only an
> email telling them why.
> :endRant
>

The things you object to are not the fault of the software. It's the users
of the software. It would make just as much sense to blame Avid for lousy
videos. And, if your 'systems' are PCs, and they have Quicktime, you or
someone put it there. It didn't come with the system.

Steve King

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