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Posted by William Gill on 08/21/07 02:10
> Again, conection speed is irrelevant if the Flash was developed by a
> competent Flash developer. If the developer has to put a "loading..."
> then it is bad Flash development.
Advertising loading delay with "loading..." isn't very good. However,
if you are suggesting that bandwidth is not a factor, I don't agree.
Everything must load eventually. A good developer may disguise the
loading, he may optimize the file size, but he can't accelerate it. That
doesn't mean never use high volume technology. Look at youtube.com.
Video is pretty high volume, but the audience knows what to expect and
is willing to wait. I don't think you could do a text only version of
youtube.
> But the point is, if the Flash drives more people to the site than it
> drives away form the site, then it is a good thing.
I can't disagree with your logic, but I wonder about your metrics. How
do you measure how many were driven away?
> Enjoyed by all is an unreachable goal. You could never develop a site
> that will please everyone.
Enjoyed may have been a poor choice of words on my part, taste is
subjective. However, I'm pretty sure if someone can't view my site, the
chances that they will like it are greatly reduced.
> It is equally likely that those same things that drive one visitor
> away from a site could draw two visitors to the site.
No disagreement there.
>... Coming up with
> some blanket rule about what makes a site a good site is a complete
> waste of time.
Did I suggest any rule, blanket or otherwise? If so, that is just the
opposite of what I was trying to say.
>Know your audience. Know what draws them to the
> site. Then do that.
My point exactly! We all make assumptions about our target audience.
Hopefully those assumptions have some basis in reality, and when we
realize they don't, we react.
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