On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 22:10, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:43 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 16:35, Technoslick wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 18:20, RichardA wrote: > > > > On 12 Jun 2003 17:38:12 -0400 > > > > > > > > Technoslick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:25, RichardA wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ><big snip> > > > > > > > > > > T > > > > > > > > It's worse than that, T. As Linux users, we're barred from experiencing > > > > the wonderful world of Shockwave. We'll just have to make do with the > > > > useful part of the web. > > > > > > > > And yes, my plugin is out of date. It goes with my computer, clothes, > > > > music... > > > > > > Right awn, Brother! > > > > who needs ads in Shockwave? usually I find sites that insist on > > Shockwave are not worth watching. > > > > > T > > It is a minor problem here. I do some surfing with 3 year old grandson at > various kiddie sites that intermingle Flash and Shockwave stuff (mostly > www.nickjr.com). Will doesn't want to hear about OSS vs proprietary, nor the > evilness of all things Microsoft; he just wants to play the game.
Fortunately, both my daughters are of adults. I got past that issue long ago. Grandchilden are a ways away. By then, Linux will be he 'de facto' O/S and this will have been a moot point for me. ;0) When I was giving Richard a '70s "Right on!", I was replying to the time period I speculated his comment of age, clothes, etc., were based on. I have no personal issues against Shockwave, or any other display media that can enrichen my experience on the Web. My complaints come when the Webmaster takes such liberties as to not allow for visitors' preferences. Those with bandwidth restrictions and/or have throttled down their browsers for whatever their reasons shouldn't be forced to endure these presentations. I have visited sites that used Flash and Shockwave as a means to give a presentation in an environment of choice and need. Both are excellent ways to give someone a tour of your product or explanation of how your service works. It's the opening message crap that is annoying and not fair to many. So, I would like to see all of these rich mediums come to Linux. Your Grandson's attitude about just wanting it to work is shared by all youth of today ( many spouses, I do imagine.) My youngest is 19 and she'd say exactly the same thing. Unfortunately, I could say the same for my wife.:0[ T
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