Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Didier, I do agree that tools like flash and other plugins can be useful. And your Lee Cooper site is certainly very well done. But note--it works just fine with whatever version of flash I happen to have! In any event, with a commercial site the requirements are different. And sometimes I just have to accept that a site that I find useful requires me to use a plugin or even a different browser than the one I prefer (for example, I have a bank account in Denmark, and the online banking there is only accessible with IE). But when it comes to a non-commercial photo gallery, then I really think that less is more. Just the pictures, please! And while I might be willing to download stuff to book airline tickets or bank online, I am not willing to do it just to look at someone's pictures. Nathan 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. > > See my newest flash work for instance, Lee Cooper Jeans Switzerland > http://www.leecooper.ch/d.php, with draggable semitransparent windows > (drag the little red LC squares), mp3-player, background animations, > analog clock, color/denim-selector - forget this with html. This client > paid a lot of money to have something that looks as good as the swiss > Levi's site. I hope he got it. With a html-only site this would be > rather impossible. > > To stop unwanted Flash ads on websites I have the web developer toolbar > for Mozilla/Firefox which offers a big "Kill Flash" button. Doesn't kill > always, but mostly. Find it here http://tinyurl.com/e3z5a > > Cheers > Didier > > > > > > I cannot get past the initial "Enter Site" screen. It just gets stuck > with > > the "Loading Photos" message. I suspect it has something to do with > me not > > having the latest version of the flash plugin. So this means that I will > > not see your photos, since I will not go to the trouble of installing > new > > stuff on my computer to look at a site. Sorry. > > Nathan > > >> http://www.alvarosendon.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com