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Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 13 Apr 1999 05:29:52 GMT
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At 11:24 PM 4/12/99 +0000, Mike Stanley wrote:
> > I really really really like the idea of getting content up and accessable
> > first, then making it look nice second. Priorities, man, priorities.
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> Ditto. As cool as Flash and Shockwave can be, they should always be
> optional, with no real loss of content to those not choosing to use
> them.
Yep.
> I love Flash, don't get me wrong. But I do recognize it as mostly
> fluff when it comes to actually getting information or files.
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> I like Flash alot when I'm at work, where we have 6 T1's and a DS-3.
> I often turn images off entirely when I'm at home, even over ISDN.
Dang!! I probably couldn't bear to look at a site without its images, and
I only connect at 31kbps! (pathetic performance for a 56k modem, but it
comes with the territory of a crappy phone line within my house which needs
to be rewired).
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 | | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| (...) but (...) You're lucky compared to me... I have a 28.8 which never hits more than about 4 Kbps because of the phonelines and other computers everything has to run through. That's probably why I'm so concerned about making the images on my web (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| (...) Which brings up another issue. Does anyone have one of those gif compressors that take several k out of each file so nicely and conveniently? If so, when the ldraw.org images are done, could you run them through it? Or is there a freeware one (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| Tim, Please, please, please, please, please, please, please do *NOT* rely on Shockwave plugins to access content on the new site. IMO, this is far worse than image maps, because, in essence, it is forcing people to stick to one piece of buggy (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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