01-29-2010, 06:36 PM
trisho. wrote:
I agree with M A V I C that there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding in this thread as to what actually uses Flash on the web.
Since installing ClickToFlash, I am fully aware of where Flash is used and what it's used for.
Flash just isn't video...all that animation is Flash and cannot be replicated by HTML 5. It cannot, period.
Perhaps not yet, but it will be. In the meantime, I can live without it.
I think M A V I C and i are speaking from the perspective of people who actually produce content for the web & build it versus people who consume the web.
I think people in your position should point out to your clients that by using Flash, they are excluding a significant portion of web users from viewing their ads and/or sites, viz. virtually all mobile users (>100 million) plus the millions of additional users who have enabled Flash blockers on their other devices.
If the objective is to impress as many eyeballs as possible, your clients are making a big mistake by insisting on Flash.
AA, see above. Also, you downloading a movie and playing in QuickTime on your hard drive or desktop is *way* different than playing a video in a browser that's dependent on servers, buffering, your browser cache & your internet connection. Of course it's going to run faster on your hard drive. Try running the Flash file on your hard drive, I'm sure it will be miles faster as well.
First, for testing purposes I always let embedded Flash video fully download before attempting to play. Second, I've actually done the test you propose, i.e. playing the FLV from a standalone local file. It's only slightly better but still unviewable.