Posted by cwdjrxyz on 12/26/06 16:31

galt_57@hotmail.com wrote:
> Is this stuff justified? I usually find it annoying and keep it
> disabled.

I depends on what kind of site you have. For instance, flash clips(or
wmv, rm, etc) of movies are very necessary if you are trying to sell
videos on a site such as Netflix. They also are handy to demonstrate
how many other products look and work. If properly designed, they just
will not show if not supported or turned off, so someone can buy the
widget from the description only. Then for many private web sites they
may be quite useful, depending on your interest. At least in the US,
well over half of net users are connected with broadband. Thus most
will be able to turn on well designed media displays without undue
delay. It is nice to use a button to allow the media to be turned on
rather than autostarting, which can annoy many. Many flash displays are
set to autostart, but this need not be the case.

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