Re: FLASH: OT: A Contradiction??

[Paul Kilgour]

> According to discussion I've seen here and other places, my understanding is

> that approximately 90% of those using the web today are able to view Flash

> content.  I noticed over on

> http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2000/February/colors.html that currently

> there are approximately 8% of those using the web today who are still under

> 256 8-bit color.

>

> Assuming a margin for error and different numbers that different stat sites

> may provide, it looks like there are "roughly" the same number of people who

> cannot view Flash as who cannot view greater than 256 colors.  However, I

> think everyone agrees it's perfectly acceptable to use Flash, as the

> percentage of those who cannot view Flash is rather small.  Yet it seems

> most people still feel you must use web safe colors even though the number

> of people who cannot view more than 256 colors is about the same as those

> who cannot view Flash.  Does it not make sense that using more than 256

> colors should work just as well as using Flash?  100% compatibility isn't

> normally the goal (or we wouldn't use Flash, right?).  Isn't it to get as

> high a compatibly as possibly within reason?

>

Well, people that cannot use Flash have the option of downlaoding it fairly

swiftly, and for free. Those that cannot view more than 256 colours are not

about to go out and buy a new monitor.


I think that while the problem still exists, you should assume that all the

people that can't view more than 256 colours make up 90% of your viewers!!

Just to be on the safe side.


Paul.


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