FLASH: OT: Leaving WebTV (reroute your questions)

[Saint John Lee]

Hi, folks-


>From time to time, people on this list send me direct email with questions

about WebTV products and audiences. Naturally, I've been only too happy to

answer them.


However, Friday February 26th is my last day in the office as a Microsoft

WebTV employee. Therefore, your questions need to be redirected.


First, try the WebTV developers site: http://developer.webtv.net Though I

can't think of anyone within the organization who has much Flash experience,

at the very least you can usually expect a reply from a WebTV employee.


Second, if you'd refer, hunt me down at

SaintWebTVaol [dot] com

 and I'll be happy

to answer you as best as I'm able.


For those who are keeping track, I'm leaving the position of Interactive TV

Evangelist for Microsoft WebTV and moving over to Cisco Systems to build a

broadband content support program. After March 10, my new work address

should be:

JohnHLeecisco [dot] com

Cheers,


John H. Lee

Interactive TV Group

WebTV Networks, Inc.


-----Original Message-----

From: Jason [

wtplcybercable [dot] fr (mailto:wtplcybercable [dot] fr)

]

Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 2:07 PM

To:

flashershocker [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: Web TV (reply by WebTV Networks)



Hi


Thanks for the reply. I have almost 5% of visitors using WebTV but wasn't

aware

of the problem. They are seeing the rather boring GIF site. It's a pity for

Web

TV customers - I have had a couple of depressed people e-mail me. As for me

-

the sooner the better...


Thanks everyone for the info


Jason


Saint John Lee wrote:


> It's true. WebTV Plus currently accepts Flash v2 files and isn't at all

> capable of displaying Flash v3 content. As announced in this group last

> August, WebTV Plus will be improved to support Flash v3.

>

> How soon? Would you really believe a software company promise of a release

> date?  ;-)

>

> Actually, the coding is complete and we're awaiting other pieces of the

> system to reach the "code complete" stage and pass QA testing. We don't

> release pieces of our system as they happen and instead must package

> together many changes and improvements before making a release. This

> sometimes affects the release schedule by months and is a sad side effect

of

> our need to offer a completely bug free user experience.

>

> The good news there, of course, is the reliability that both developers

and

> audiences can expect from the product.

>

> Cheers,

>

> John H. Lee

> Interactive TV Group

> WebTV Networks, Inc.

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Jason [wtplcybercable [dot] fr (mailto:wtplcybercable [dot] fr)]

> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 1999 2:41 PM

>

To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: Web TV

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I have someone who is with Web TV. I'm in France and don't know anything

> about

> this. Is there anything I should know? They say that they can't get my

Flash

> site to work. What gives? Can't Web TV folks view Flash stuff?

> I'd appreciate any help here because I'm in the dark..

> Jason

>

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