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Posted by Neredbojias on 08/18/07 02:50
Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:00:06
GMT rf scribed:
> Consider http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/snowreport/index.php ,
> where I live for parts of the winter. The, to me, totally intrusive
> flash of a bloody flying flag advertising a motorway, of all things,
> almost prevents me from reading the content of this page. It's the 'is
> that a tiger in the trees?' subconscious compulsion. If it moves it
> _must_ be looked at.
>
> Even worse is
> http://www.perisherblue.com.au/winter/snowreport/v_eight.php , a
> picture I like to sort of use as wallpaper on a spare screen (the page
> refreshes every 30 minutes, I can see the conditions throughout the
> day).
>
> Well, I finally got cranky with it and started googling. Found
> flashblock: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/
>
> This replaces flash with a nice friendly button to allow one to
> download and start the flash _if required_. Since installing this gem
> I have found it far more "popular" to me than any amount of flash
> advertising on a page. If I really really need to look at the flash,
> and it is obviously "content", I still easily can.
Sounds like a great plugin; I will have to look into that.
The nucleus of your story is not only what's wrong with Flash, but several
other things as well, including stuff like Active-X. It boils down to lack
of user-control. I don't want anything on my computer that I can't control
(-yes, one has to put up with some things), and the morons and a-holes who
design these "flashy"-type sites and "hidden" systems seem totally
incapable of grasping the concept that this is the prevailing attitude.
--
Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.
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