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On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:32:33 +0000 (UTC) |
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Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2012-02-25, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> > On 25/02/12 16:48, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> >> On 2012-02-25, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> >>> On 24/02/12 17:35, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> >>>> On 2012-02-24, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On 24/02/12 07:02, pk wrote: |
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> >>>>>> On 2012-02-24 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>>> user can watch. Flash on the other hand guarantees web |
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> >>>>>>> designers that a PC user can watch their videos. Having a |
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> >>>>>>> guarantee that something works is a very powerful incentive; |
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> >>>>>>> you do not abandon something that works. |
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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>> It's only guaranteed if flash is installed. HTML5 is pretty |
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> >>>>>> much "guaranteed" with current browsers. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> Flash has about 95% coverage. |
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> >>>>> That means virtually everyone has it installed. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> That's hard to believe. The number of iPads and and iPhones out |
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> >>>> there is getting pretty high, and they don't have flash and |
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> >>>> never will. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> In PCs, not other machines. |
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> >> |
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> >> Why the restriction to PCs? Web designers and website owners don't |
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> >> care about PCs. They care about browsers and eyballs. |
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> > PC users have browsers. 95% of those browsers have Flash. |
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> But your original statement was about "everyone". "Everyone" isn't |
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> limited to PCs. It includes iPads and iPods and iPhones. There are |
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> 10's of millions of those out there, and they don't have flash. |
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> > I think this is pretty easy to understand. Perhaps it's a language |
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> > barrier and I have trouble expressing myself clearly? |
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> I guess to me "everyone" is a more inclusive term. |
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The majority of sites running Flash were set up when iPads were just a |
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glint in Steve's eyes and the total market for non-Windows non-PC |
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browser platforms was too small to be relevant. Changing those sites is |
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not easy or simple. |
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So while it's perfectly true that there are now lots of non-flash |
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platforms out there, there's also this thing called "cultural inertia" |
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meaning that so much of the web still treats the web as being a place |
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where Flash has almost universal penetration |
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It's quite valid to mention "everyone" in this context, just realise |
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that it's used idiomatically (like almost every other word in |
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English...) |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |