Re: UKNM: The next stage in the game - was Dreamcast delayed

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Ray Taylor wrote:

> 

>

Lee Rickler <leedjindex [dot] com> said:

> 

> >My advise .... wait for PS 2

> 

> Wasn't that a desktop computer introduced by IBM some time last century in

> order to stem the tide of competition from the "IBM-compatible PC" market ?

> 

> On a more serious point, isn't it about time we started looking to the next

> stage in the development of the internet? And surely high-speed access of

> the kind expected of ADSL, is the most important development?


interesting one, ADSL. Many of us have spent 5 years developing the

skills and knowledge to shove the maximum amount of content (content,

not shockwave spinny interative snickers demoes, VRML walkthrus, 10 meg

java apps or other nonsense) through 28.8,33.6, and 56Kbps (read 40Kbps)

pipes. We optimise, we optimise and we optimise. then we optimise a bit

more. 


will all those skills be useless in the shiny new age? will fat content

be king? will people expect the web to be just like the telly?


will we be out of a job, overtaken by the gods of the spinny-text

wizard, obsolete old duffers moaning about how it was in the good old

days?


or will response time still be sufficiently important?


> 

> Or is it still all about computer games, Netscape v IE4 and backbiting?


backbiting will be still be in. while I'm still breathing, anyway :)



> 

> Ray Taylor

> eyeconomy - leading online advertising in the UK

> +44 208 249 6313

> have a nice day!


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