Re: FLASH: Flash & Broadband

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I have to echo Kati sentiments here...while there is still plenty of people

on dial-up, it seems a vast part of the entertainment based sites are moving

to broadband type content (defined as 200k and above). I'm in a small town

and broadband options are not available so I'm still on 56k. At times it's a

blessing because it forces me to evaluate my design at that speed. However,

often times when I'm surfing for ideas or inspiration, I find that 56k just

doesn't cut it when it comes to seeing some of those "really cool" sites.

Doors are slowly closing unless the user is willing to wait. Just as

processor speeds antiquate software...so shall design technology and

available broadband make dial-up obsolete. Lots of e-commerce out there

using HTML with dial-up targets and will be like that for awhile longer I

suppose. Yet, if folks really want to get into the entertainment, movies on

demand and streaming music, they will signup for broadband soon as they

realize what they are missing.


My 2 cents


Alan


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From: kati <katiks-d [dot] com>

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Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:05:46 -0700

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash & Broadband

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> Hi CJ,

> 

> I have DSL with Pacific Bell in the San Francisco Bay Area.  It took several

> months to get my DSL going,, mostly because Pac Bell is overwhelmed with

> requests for this service.  They get 30,000 requests for DSL a MONTH.

> 

> In any case, while the trickle down is happening, most designers I know still

> ponder the question deeply... "is a site geared toward a broadband audience,

> or

> a dial up audience?"

> 

> My personal view is to design UP.  Entertainment and time are big priorities

> for people in the area that I live in.  They want to look at good design and

> they don't like to wait.  I think the general web audience across the US is

> quickly discovering that dial up modems and older computers are not sufficient

> to get the most out of the internet. Designing UP encourages people to get

> with

> it!

> 

> A 75 meg movie?  Are you talking about the source FLA or the SWF? The largest

> SWF I've ever seen is about 750 K - the Balthser site.

> 

> Kati

> 

> cj wrote:

> 

>> While broadband is making it's way all over the country,

>> anyone have any idea what the numbers are in terms of % of

>> who has this? (cable modem, DSL, etc.).

>> 

>> Also, because it's not 100% available, is there a recommendation

>> for how large a Flash movie should be? Say no more than 75 Megs? Or 10 Megs?

>> 

>> Thanks everyone.

>> 

>> CJ

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