Flash alternatives

[Nathan Cerny]

Ah, but don't forget that a good majority of the streaming media out there
is flash-based.  It's not all flashy menus and pretty animations.  It does
actually have a useful purpose too!

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Oren Beck <orenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am inviting comments OFF list if you do not agree my comments are valid
> here.
>
> Flash is implying that you need that level of ADD/ADHD
> blinky/shiny/strobing attributes.
> While leaving a distinct unvoiced projection that web content NOT so
> "busy" is less desirable.  And that alone would be potential grounds
> to shun Flash on general principle. Were it not for the sad truth that
> our world HAS become closer to a "Crack Baby" level of stimulation
> impairments. A combination of attention span between events at a
> historical low and expectations of video game response times from
> websites. Click and the picotimer is running. Fail to serve up events
> and you lose that person.
>
> Which makes for Zeno races between soft/hardware and the broadband
> providers. What we used to access was thru 300 baud modems and even
> that buffered to a Usenet spool HD. And we had a vast number of
> intelligent discussion forums. Yes- there WAS a lot of crap infesting
> odd sub domains like Alt. and Soc. and some Rec.
>
> But there was also a basic IQ test to participate. Flash etc is the
> polar opposing experience so to speak. Flat text Vs Animated embedded
> video. And while flat text is open to non sighted folks or semi-AI
> readers- Flash is a seeming deliberate disenfranchisement
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