Re: UKNM: plug-in take up/stats

[Tomski]

>Plugins in general and shockwave/flash in particular is used for one

>valid purpose only - to impress the web-ignorant client in the New Media

>agency office.


Harsh, but not far off the mark


take the old-trailblazer http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/trafficmaster


used to be all done in HTML, and it worked very well. I used it. My dad

used it.


then the agency seemed to have to find ways of extracting more money from

the client  (yes/no rob?) so they did a flash version, and pulled the

original.


which doesn't work (200k+ downloads count as Not Working in my book)


I now use http://www.rac.co.uk/html/services/froute.htm  (which itself

could be better if it worked a bit more often - it's hardly reassuring to

potential customers that the RAC's site is always broken down...)


Do utility.

Do it very well.

And then test it - scientifically - on real users.

And then make it better.


rant rant must go change the baby


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