[Leica] Re: OT I hate flash ( it was "speaking of cars and photography" )

[platoali at gmail.com (Platoali)]

On Jumee 24 Esfand 1386, Lottermoser George wrote:
> On flash sites like this - a viewer must actually have an interest in
> "flash" as an art form (that is to say a way of presenting dynamic
> interactive content). It's a bit like watching a movie but you have
> to interact with it.
>
> It is not a means of quickly getting to text or image content.
>
> Many people also have no patience for PDF downloads - which also have
> a wonderful function in their ability to present page design as the
> designer intended.
>
> It's always a personal call whether flash or pdfs are worth the wait
> and frustration.


I hate flash because it a proprietary format that can only be opened by only 
  
a buggy software developed by a single company. On my linux desktop the only 
browser that can be used to open flash files  is firefox ( and it buggy 
buggy 
buggy.  very memory hungry and CPU usage is very high.) I hate the sites 
that 
use flash.  

Best regards
Ali Yazdi