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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts - web design issues
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Date: 
Wed, 6 Dec 2000 05:44:50 GMT
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In article <G54r47.n3p@lugnet.com>, Kevin Wilson
<kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote:

> But the way they implement their press releases is just WEIRD. All the video
> and hi-res pictures are zipped (and of course since the original file
> formats are already compressed, they only get about 5 or 6% compression) so
> you have to download the zip, unzip it, and then open the file you're trying
> to get at.

Indeed...   I don't know if I'm alone here, but the zip files are
corrupted and won't decompress fully. I'm using a Mac, and LEGO hasn't
been very friendly to Mac-users in the past, so maybe everything's just
normal... <shrugs...>

> Not only that, but once you click on the link to download the
> file, the original web page goes away completely so you can't go back to
> where you were!

Odd... on the Mac, the file just downloads itself... the webpage
doesn't go away...  =)

C.



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  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts - web design issues
 
Claus Thiim wrote in message <051220002144501196%...ja.com>... (...) The zip files are OK for me... I just object to the pointless extra step. Kevin (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts - web design issues
 
(...) Well, they appear on the desktop as a Simpletext document, but if you drag the doc on top of your Quicktime Player icon, it will open and you can watch the movie. HTH ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts - web design issues
 
Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) But the way they implement their press releases is just WEIRD. All the video and hi-res pictures are zipped (and of course since the original file formats are already compressed, they only get about 5 or 6% (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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