Re: FLASH: Flash player on Unix ?

[Alias]

> Hi there ! I am asked to develop a website for a client - and I'd like them

> to opt for a full flash-based one.

> But they being in a scientific field, they fear that under Unix OS (an

> important audience target group for them) the browsers won't be able to read

> flash files.

>

> So the question is : what is the chance that Unix readers will have a flash

> player installed (or does it merely exist, for a start)...


Flash 4 player is available for Solaris, Linux and Irix versions of Netscape.

However, I

believe there are some features that will not work, most notably some FScommand

stuff... although this isn't always a huge loss.


Generally, a Unix box won't have flash installed, unless the user wants it.

Also, as I've

mentioned before, some (but not all) unix users do not like flash.


However, it might be worth checking on the netscape site to see whether Flash is

included

as standard on the Unix versions (as it is on Win & Mac) I'd say it's possible

that newer

builds of Netscape do.


So I would say, if it's the kind of site that people will go to the trouble of

installing a plugin

to see, go ahead & use flash, but if not, it might be better not to, if you can

avoid it.

--

Alias|Rob


(prpl)x-design for the perplexed


www.prplx.com





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