Edward Elliott wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>Flash also behaves consistently cross-browser, cross/platform -- and >>features cannot be disabled by the user. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > And that's a good thing? Maybe for Macromedia, not for us. This smells > like astroturf. > > > >>Flash can load and play external MP3 audio. >>Flash can render text... >>Flash can load/parse/serialize/send XML. >>Flash can access you webcam, allowing you to create your own video >>chat/IM app. >>Flash can programatically-build vector shapes, gradients, and fills. > > > It dices! It splices! Flash can heat your coffee, walk your dog, and > change your baby! It's the stupendous, miraculous, fantabulous app you > can't live without! > > > >>Flash can #animate# stuff!!! >> >>Flash is like a 2 MB download that works in almost *every* browser out >>there. ...it's pretty phenomenal that all those features could have >>been crammed into it. (like: a built-in interpreter for a >>late-version-EcmaScript-compliant scripting language -- that, in many >>ways, is far more capable than what is available w/ JavaScript in most >>browsers!) >> >>*** This feature can be used for a web-based CMS! It would blow-away >>anything (non-Java) now available for managing and uploading assets. >>- Show quoted text - > > > Ugh, definitely astroturf. > The most telling thing of all is that most of the web sites with a Flash intro find it necessary to provide a "bypass intro" button. People quickly tire of this stuff. It's just, well, flashy :-)
Unfortunately it's difficult to get someone who's in love with a proprietary technology to admit that open standards are preferable. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Love me, love my blog http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
