New thought (was) Re: FLASH: OT: PNG instead of GIF/JPEGs

[Colleen Appleton]

I'm not sure I'm understanding "the rest of world" when it comes to web

design and using Flash.  When radio and print was the only means of

communication, and the television came out, not everyone could afford to

switch.  But now it's no longer an issue.  If they want to keep their black

and white television and never make it to Oz where there's colour then it's

their choice, but you don't see "them" hounding Circuit City to only stock

B&W TV's.  So why are WE being hounded to make multiple sites to please

everyone or to eliminate Flash?   TV made drastic changes for the better,

just like the web has been doing.    What really get's to me the most is

that browsers are free so why don't people just upgrade?  Are there that

many computers out there that can't handle a better browser?


I'm making a web portal site which uses Flash, UltraDev and other MM

software.  Disney did it.  Is it so wrong to not want to cater to people who

don't upgrade?  Is it so wrong to say we are multimedia companies and if you

don't like multimedia, then our sites are not for you?


I get mean letters from people who hate Flash.  They want me to take it off

my sites.  I would like to say "I bet you still have a black and white TV

don't you?" but I bite my tongue.


How much longer before we decide "we are there" and can forget the ones who

don't upgrade?  Or do you think this is an ongoing issue for as long as the

web exists?


Colleen


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version 4+ browser can show png which unfortunately isn't supported by other

version browsers.  So basically its a backwards compatability issue...if

your site uses features not supported by below version 4 browsers, most

clients still prefer the site to be visible, if not completely perfect. With

png's unfortunately the site would just show up a whole load of broken image

links... which is not very usefull.


in time version 4 browsers will attain a critical mass and then png's will

become perfectly acceptable.... personally i don't quite think we are there

just yet.


stephan





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