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Posted by Jim Higson on 09/19/05 10:46
kchayka wrote:
> Jim Higson wrote:
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>> As far as I care, the biggest problem with flash is there is no way for
>> the browser to look at the semantics and filter just the annoying uses,
>
> I think a bigger problem is the inability of the user to have any
> control over silly author choices, particularly where text size and
> non-stop animations are concerned.
>
> I find most Flash is unusable due to microscopic text and the inability
> to override it. Flash's zoom feature, when it works at all, is mostly
> crap since there is no control over either the zoom factor, or the area
> of zoom. It seems the author has the ability to disable all user
> controls in the player, too. That's really sad. :(
>
> I just downloaded the Flash 8 player, and there is virtually nothing
> different from any prior version. I just submitted my umpteenth bug
> report on the player's shortcomings, but I doubt anything will come of
> it. MM doesn't seem to care. :(
Try Opera, the full zoom feature improves this quite a lot. Homestar runner
can play fullscreen.
Agreed, it is madness that most flash sites keep their windows small. On a
high-res laptop (like 1920 pixels wide) their interface is miniscule. There
must be a reason for this, but it seems to go against the idea of using a
vector format.
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