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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/23/62 11:43
Els wrote:
> Chris Ianson wrote:
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>> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
>> news:4426c116$0$3686$cb0e7fc6@news.centralva.net...
>>> Now to Chris, it is Chris in this thread, right? ;-) It is admirable in
>>> computers (in any field as well) to push the envelope. I am an age old
>>> hacker and love the thrill of discovering innovative solutions that
>>> break-out of the confines of the "tools at hand". But when there are
>>> already technologies at hand that can not only do the job easier but
>>> better, well the appeal is diminished. From what I can gather from this
>>> muddled exchange is you're trying to create some media effect with a
>>> dynamic panorama. Not to sound like a broken record but Flash is one
>>> technologies perfectly suited to this and would do it more reliably and
>>> better. You could have it the panorama scroll with mere mouse-overs on hot
>>> zones, God forbid play sounds at certain positions along the way, simulate
>>> a 360 degree scroll...whatever.
>> I hear you, but in our market research almost a quarter of people couldn't
>> run something with flash, or would not bother to install or activate it,
>> thus instantly losing almost a quarter of our visitors. An interface in an
>> iframe is, AFAIK, far more compatible. Our site is also targeted at those
>> who do not often use the computer, so should work 'out of the box' on XP and
>> Mac. AFAIK, iframes do.
>
> People who "not often use the computer" aren't as likely to be using
> XP as people who do use it often. Or at least that's my thought - if I
> wouldn't be using my computer much, why would I bother to upgrade the
> old Win98 I've grown accustomed to? Worse on a Mac - it's far more
> expensive to upgrade from an old Mac to a new OSX than from Win98 to
> XP. And why would I be using a large monitor?
>
Also most folk have Flash and Acrobat plug-ins pre-installed on their
browser...Java use to be as well before the MS vs Sun spat a while back,
but many still have Java(TM)2 plug-in as well.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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