Re: FLASH: Flash & Broadband

[kati]

Hi CJ,


I have DSL with Pacific Bell in the San Francisco Bay Area.  It took several

months to get my DSL going,, mostly because Pac Bell is overwhelmed with

requests for this service.  They get 30,000 requests for DSL a MONTH.


In any case, while the trickle down is happening, most designers I know still

ponder the question deeply... "is a site geared toward a broadband audience, or

a dial up audience?"


My personal view is to design UP.  Entertainment and time are big priorities

for people in the area that I live in.  They want to look at good design and

they don't like to wait.  I think the general web audience across the US is

quickly discovering that dial up modems and older computers are not sufficient

to get the most out of the internet. Designing UP encourages people to get with

it!


A 75 meg movie?  Are you talking about the source FLA or the SWF? The largest

SWF I've ever seen is about 750 K - the Balthser site.


Kati


cj wrote:


> While broadband is making it's way all over the country,

> anyone have any idea what the numbers are in terms of % of

> who has this? (cable modem, DSL, etc.).

>

> Also, because it's not 100% available, is there a recommendation

> for how large a Flash movie should be? Say no more than 75 Megs? Or 10 Megs?

>

> Thanks everyone.

>

> CJ

>

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