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Subject: [Leica] To Nathan / Flash Plug-In
From: clzeni at mindspring.com (Craig Zeni)
Date: Mon Aug 15 05:39:10 2005
References: <6.2.1.2.2.20050815115919.031b8d60@mail.screengang.com>

On Aug 15, 2005, at 6:36 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> Nathan
>
> I can understand your concern about installing additional plugins on 
> your computer. No one likes to tinker around just to see one new site. 
> But as I happen to be a flash designer since it's beginnings in the 
> mid-90ies, I have a few arguments for flash. Flash gives the designer 
> much more possibilities for creative output than html/dhtml, for 
> instance free choice of typography, animation and sound features, 
> powerful scripting, and many other things - all in one tool. Designing 
> with html is like shooting a sport event with a wooden plate camera. 
> Flash would be the dslr camera in this comparison. I admit it has has 
> several inconveniences too, like the required plugin, or simple things 
> like anchor-linking or screen-scrolling that need labourous additional 
> programming.
>
> I agree that for a simple photogallery, html or php is my choice, too 
> (I'm still tinkering on mine with php). Nevertheless you can easily 
> downlod the flash 7.2 player here: http://tinyurl.com/4jw
> It's 400KB only and does not require a restart of your computer nor 
> install any spyware.

No, but it can, in a way, bypass your cookies preferences:  
http://tinyurl.com/dwd7j

However, Macromedia did have the sense to provide a settings panel: 
http://tinyurl.com/5kjv3  where you can change the Flash defaults to 
prevent such foolishness.


--
CZ
Kvetchnya, NC


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