Re: FLASH: No Flash Player (Corporate Restrictions)

[Daniel Gray]

Cheryle wrote:


> We originally took the decision to design our site in FLash and to have no

> static HTML version (for people without Flash player). Originally this was

> fine, but over the last week we have had a couple people saying that due to

> Corporate Restrictions they do not have Flash and cannot download it? has

> anyone else encountered these sort of problems? I thought it was only like

> about 14% of people that did not have the plug in now.

> 

> Is there anything in Flash 5 that would turn the site into a static version

> not requiring the plug-in or will I have to re-do the whole site in

> Dreamweaver etc?

> 

> Please advise as this is gonna turn into a real problem if not.


Ever hear the saying that goes something like ...


"There are lies. There are damn lies. And then there are press

releases."


While the overall penetration of the Flash Player may be amazingly high,

there are certainly niches where it has *no* penetration.  The

aformentioned government and corporate installations (with

hyper-paranoid MIS departments) are the best example.


If you site has to play to that audience, it's time to start knocking

out the GIFs and JPEGs for an HTML version of your site.  :/


Cheers,

Dan

http://geekbooks.com


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