Posted by SpaceGirl on 09/20/07 12:58

On Sep 20, 9:49 am, Neredbojias <monstersquas...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:14:04
> GMT Onideus Mad Hatter scribed:
>
> > Sorry kid, but the real future is a Flash front end with an XML
> > backend that can be picked up by search engines and delivered to other
> > sites via RSS and other XML dialects. That backend increases the
> > access to the design far more efficiently than any HTML based form
> > could ever dream of and using Flash as a front end allows you to
> > create highly stylized, design rich environments that compliment and
> > enhance the content delivery.
>
> Since you amazingly seem to disagree with my opinion, I will tell you the
> source of the statement. Some time back, I used to infrequently choose
> to peruse a Flash object of some sort or other, and, even more
> infrequently, like it. On a whim, I might try to download the .swf for
> my own personal use. Sometimes you could and sometimes you couldn't, but
> if you could, it always worked, and Nerbo was a happy (if deluded)
> camper.
>
> Recently I accidently ran-across a new type Flash video which took my
> fancy, so I transferred it to my 'puter. It was an .flv file, I believe.
> Anyway, the damn thing refused to run no matter what I did, making it
> virtually worthless to me and all my progeny. Ergo, my statement, and
> furthermore, if your idea of the future is things that don't work, I can
> see why you wear diapers.
>
> >>Flash
> >>definitely has its place, but Abode is typically and predictably
> >>undermining that right on schedule.
>
> > See, right there, you don't even know what the hell you're talking
> > about. Adobe has made much of the Flash development environment free
> > for the taking and are edging closer and closer to making it
> > completely open, allowing any third party to easily create their own
> > Flash content builders. As is the case with such programs like
> > SwishMax.
>
> Ah, Adobe is neither your friend nor mine; they're in it to make money,
> period. If and when this new crap becomes as "open" as .jpg files, I
> will concede they have wisdom beyond the tip of their noses which
> currently seems to be missing from any probosci whatsoever. Until then,
> my opinion stands.

Well you can't play MPEG movies, or AVI's, or WMVs without the correct
player either... open source or otherwise, you need the a player of
some sort to view them. Jpeg requires something that can display
jpegs. Flash Video (FLV) is no different. Also Flash Video can be
encoded without paying a penny to Adobe. There are actually several
open source FLV players (google it), so just download one. The same
way you'd download the DIVX codec to watch the vast majority of
downloadable (non-streamed) videos, which are DIVX encoded. BTW, I'm
pretty sure DIVX is not open source.

The only thing that is not open is Adobe's own Flash Player, but
that's no big deal.

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