Posted by ushere on 09/28/05 07:50

"Steve King" <steveSPAMBLOCK@stevekingSPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
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> "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
>

i do....

leslie

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