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Right now I'm agreeing. Flash seems to have a huge penetration in terms of quick media clips, as well as web site applications.
Hmm - I'm fine with flash for media clips, and really any type of animation. But am I the only one who hates, hates, hates flash as the driving force for a web site, hates it as the driver for non-animated menus, hates it as the presenter of text.
Actually let me be fair: I don't hate flash for having those capabilities. I hate the web designers for using misusing them.
OK - here is a company who is making a product I think will help save the world if someone adapts it. But am I wrong in think this flash based website really sucks, in part because it misuses flash?
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(I also think it is a mistake to open only with a menu, and not present some sort of default content.)
In the first 8 months, iPhone has garnered 28 percent market share
28% market share of what? Of cell phones? Because I find that really hard to believe.
28% market share of what?
"Smart Phones". In the US.
Crap. They're trying to make me want one, aren't they?
Crap. They're trying to make me want one, aren't they?
I am protected only by the fact that I (a) already have a Touch and (b) have resolved not to shop in 2008.
But if an unfortunate "accident" should befall my Treo...well...I'd be forced to replace it, wouldn't I?
My not-shopping (okay, mostly) is not feeling like enough of a bulwark. Are you saying it would work to buy a Touch in order to keep myself from buying stuff?
But if an unfortunate "accident" should befall my Treo...well...I'd be forced to replace it, wouldn't I?
Tell ya what, Jessica, if you were to accidentally drop your Treo into an envelope with $20 and accidentally send it to me, I could accidentally test the envelope for suspicious substances with a hammer then send you the pieces and a profound apology...
Crap. They're trying to make me want one, aren't they?
It's very wantable! I've stopped carrying my laptop everywhere. I less than three my iPhone!
But am I wrong in think this flash based website really sucks, in part because it misuses flash?
I hate hate hate websites in which all the content is in Flash or that force me to watch some dorky intro. I'm in a hurry, people, and I don't want to go through the tortures of the damned to find the location of your business.
The worst of the sites that open to a menu are the ones that just have cryptic pictures and make you move your mouse around randomly until you find links.
