Re: [OT] flash n stuff

["Roger Stenning" <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben -

> just going on from the comments made about Jeff's graphic & the
> webpage, i'd just like a quick straw poll on Flash.  i'm doing a few
> bits here and there in flash, including a flash splash page for
> d-wolf.net, and for www.viable.co.uk, a band site i maintain.  i was
> just wondering how many people on the list have the plugin installed,
> or whether anyone has anything major *against* the use of flash...i
> know it's one of these subjects upon which some people have very
> extreme views "No FLASH!, it's crap" for example......

Unless optimised as, say, flash 'buttons', I find flash far too slow to
load. A common falicy, IMHO, with a hell of a lot of web developers, is
catering to the nice toys that they play with, that load oh-so-quickly on
their local systems, and on remote systems using ultra-high speed net
connections; for the lower end of the spectrum, such as those of us using
'conventional' dial-up modem connections, flash, director, java et al, can
be a real PITA (Pain In The A**), as the home page won;t resolve, i.e.
rasterise (appear on ones monitor), until all these damn bells and whistles
have completed loading. In addition, they do NOT take into account those
using, say, Lynx, which is a text-only browser.

> just asking for anyones views really.....coz i'm hoping to use a lot
> more on my site, and others in the near future.....

By all means, though, use it if you want. Just for pity's sake, provide a
way for NON-flash users to bypass it!

HTH!

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
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