Darcy James Argue wrote:
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The fact is, websites should not use Windows Media Player files, *period*. At the very least, if they are going to offer WinMedia, they should also offer an alternative format that actually works well on multiple platforms -- MP3, Real, QuickTime.... Really, there's no excuse for not making these audio files MP3, an open standard which can be played by almost anybody.
Unfortunately, there are many in the computing world who can't think beyond their own small world, to realize there are others who may be using other equipment or have different experience -- this goes for web-site designers (who should all be fired if they don't make their sites equally accessible and viewable by all platforms and browsers), programmers who expect all users to already have as much computer experience and expertise as they do, documentation writers who never seem to realize that their documentation is often read by people for whom their program (and documentation) are a first computing experience and who should have sections for total beginners rather than the stupid "this manual assumes the user already has basic knowledge ..." disclaimer.
Darcy is absolutely right, especially in these days when format conversion takes all of 1 or maybe 2 mouse clicks, that formats which are accessible to all computer users through their basic operating system installations without having to jump through hoops to download specialist applications just for one web-site's media files.
But mac-oriented sites are just as bad when they require quicktime to be installed to hear THEIR media files -- mp3 is universal these days!
-- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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