Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're so far out of the mainstream that it doesn't really matter, Emilio. AB On 5/2/06, Emilio Perea <eperea@walkereng.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 10:33:15PM -0400, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > > > B. D.s site loads in 10 seconds on my Mac running Safari. But then I > > have a high speed cable connection. By actual measurement it runs about > > 50 times faster than my old dial up connection on AOL. I can understand > > why anyone who waited 8 minutes for the site to load might find it > > tedious. > > A more serious objection to the use of flash is that it is a proprietary > protocol not available to all who might be interested in viewing his > site. I believe that it is foolish to post anything on the Internet that > depends on a particular vendor's software to view. Particularly Adobe's. > > When I try to open http://www.bdcolenphoto.com, I get a notice: > "To visit this site, you will need to download a more recent version of > the free Macromedia Flash player." > > When I click on the "Download Flash" link, I get: > "We are unable to locate a single Web player that best matches your > platform and operating system. > "Please visit our table of recommended Web players." > > Since I am not willing to change my platform (AMD64) or operating system > (OpenBSD) I am unable to visit his site from my home PC. (There is an > opera-flashplugin that I can use at the office, but it's only available > on the i386 platform.) > > I'm sure than in this case the loss is all mine, but it is not > inconceivable that a potential customer would be unwilling to jump > through hoops in order to view a website. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >