Re: FLASH:QT4 and all the unwarranted griping

[Frederico]

On 4/20/1999 12:54 AM, David Gary of

dgarystudiosmpinet [dot] net

 said:


>Why do compaines create new features in there newer versions before 

>addressing the

>problems of their present ones?


This comment, among others, is particulary annoying.


OK, all together now, say 'Beta'.


Again, "Beta" .


Once more, "Beta".


Now, let's say, 'You have a choice.'


Very good.


Now, let's say, 'Responsiblity.'


Excellent.


Now that we know as voluntary Beta testers, you have the responsibility 

to read about the known issues prior to downloading and using a Beta 

product, and that you have the choice to let others suffer through the 

bumps as they are worked out, can we please stop bashing Apple because 

there are an infinite number of combinations and configurations that they 

must account for in order to create a powerful and dynamic interface that 

may possibly threaten the security of said configurations, and thus they 

address them one at a time, and *WAIT* -- unlike that to which many of 

you bow down and pray to (Microsoft) -- to release a product for a cost 

and call it Gold Master.


It's a Beta, people, and there are going to be some problems, especially 

with networks, as networks have a problem with nearly *every* type of 

Internet application, when they exist behind a bloody firewall.


Now, we get to the complaints about the samples found at MM. Did Apple 

make those demos? Uhhh, not that MM has said. Are we griping at MM for 

broken links, clogged bandwidth and poor implementation within 24 hours 

of the release of the public beta? No, some of you want to stomp Apple. 


Lord knows *no one* on this list has *ever* made a mistake in the beta 

development of web applications and presentations that caused problems 

under certain conditions.


Funny thing is, if you go check out Apple's listed samples, such as 

Bloomberg Live, the SW1 trailer,  the HBO promos, the live radiocasts, or 

just about any other local QT content or other QT content from around the 

web, you find remarkable improvements in quality, sound, compression and 

stability, improvements that not only rival RealPayer [sic] and Netslow 

[sic], but excel above in many regards. 


And this, in my first-hand experience,  holds true for both the Wintel 

and Mac versions (note that they are released simultaneously, as opposed 

to platform wait-bias), but few here are willing to admit that. It's much 

more enjoyable for certain people on this list to complain, rather than 

seek solutions and experiment with the issues and strengths, and report 

those issues in an articulate and productive manner ...


...SO THAT THE BLOODY BETA YOU HAVE *CHOSEN* TO TEST CAN BE IMPROVED FOR 

EVERYONE!!!!!


My cursory games with it show an extreme ease of interface with Flash, 

and, not surprisingly, an *inability* to have LoadMovie fail, despite all 

the authorative rhetoric to the contrary.


For those bitching about the d/l and interface, the intitial download 

module  and Beta docs available all over the web clearly explains that 

you will have the option of d/l-ing a minimal, or a complete, or a custom 

configuration of the new system, depending on your needs.


And the "Think Difficult" complaint is more than short-sighted, as this 

new technology will allow for short, small and automatic downloads of 

updated components as they become available, rather than having to d/l 

another 8MB every damn time. Try that with Windows anything.


Will there be problems yet to come? Yes. Will they be repaired overnight? 

No. But I guarantee you they will be resolved to the fullest extent 

possible, and that they will be resolved in a timely fashion, as Apple's 

overall performance record has demonstrated for those who've been close 

to it for more than 20 years well know.


Thanks for your time, and I look forward to having you eat your words as 

you see how incredible Flash and QT shall prove to be. Until then, please 

restrict your bitching on this list to a minimum, and only as it 

productively pertains to Flash, OK? There are plenty of Apple-bashing 

forums elsewhere. And you just might look to your own System config and 

stability before you accuse Apple of screwing up.


Yours, written once again from a Wintel environment, while Chumbawumba is 

thumping nicely in the background on my pretty new QT4 player, loaded 

fast  and flawlessly, and playing fine on a measly 28.8 connection, just 

for fun,


Frederico 


--"The reasonable man adapts to society. The unreasonable man expects 

society to adapt to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable 

men." - Bernard Shaw


Tnereffid Kniht.



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