-- Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Iliya Krempeaux"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I didn't know that On2 made the video codec for Flash 8.... On2 is
also the
> ones who originally developed the codec for Ogg Theora.
>
>
> See ya
>
> On 5/23/06, Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <enric@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Macromedia Flash Player Penetration as of April, 2006 is 97.7%:
> > >
> > >
> >
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/penetration.html
> > > or
> > > http://tinyurl.com/qh7lf
> > >
> > > -- Enric
> >
> > Whoa! Adobe has been hyping the penetration of what they call "Flash"
> > with some very misleading figures. First, there are several
generations
> > of Flash. The current release is Flash 8. Please go this site and see
> > for yourself:
> >
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetrat\
> > ion.html
> > The 98 per cent -- or thereabouts -- penetration is for earlier
> > versions. Flash 8 has much better quality for streaming than the
> > earlier versions and, in my opinion, is well worth looking into for
> > vlogging.
> >
> > But. And it is a big butt. You need a Flash 8 Player to look at
Flash
> > 8 video. It is a plugin for the browser, but there have been many,
> > many, problems with the upgrade for IE on Windows for people who
are not
> > computer literate. Adobe has been dreadful about promoting the
players
> > for the general public. I have been dealing with this issue since
> > January, 2006. People who have just gotten used to email and Google
> > searching are terrified to update because the process is -- to
them --
> > very daunting. You know, people over 30...
> >
> > While many of the visitors to vlogging sites are comfortable with the
> > update process, I have found that the great unwashed of the general
> > public gets frustrated with the upgrade process.
> >
> > While it is true that adoption rates for Flash 8 are climbing, none of
> > the major aggregators such as Youtube, Google Video, etc. are
streaming
> > Flash 8. If you want to see what computer chaos would be like,
imagine
> > what would happen if they converted.
> >
> > On2 Technologies, the outfit that licenses the Flash 8 compression
code
> > to Adobe and others helped me with the player problem by putting up a
> > site that will do an express install (no need for user
intervention) for
> > all platforms. You are welcome to use it and link to it:
> > http://on2.com/flashtest
> >
> > Now Adobe is making noise about a Flash 9 player coming out very soon.
> > Does that mean that Flash 8 will be replaced? It only came out in
> > September of 2005.
> >
> > If you want to see a comparison of the two versions and an explanation
> > of the player issues (with an updater),
> > you can see how I dealt with it on
> > http://hestakaup.typepad.com/hestablog/2006/02/flash_test.html
> > There are quite a few clips of Flash 8.
> >
> > Stan Hirson
> >
> > http://hestablog.com
> > http://hestakaup.com
> > >
> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Iliya Krempeaux"
> > > supercanadian@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I thought Flash only had about 90% saturation (not 98%).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > See ya
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>
> charles @ reptile.ca
> supercanadian @ gmail.com
>
> developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/
>
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