The Webmistress — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:05:34 +0000

I agree that any further development of the web as more of a tv medium will depend on access to fast connections and as companies like BT here have no plans to provide it to 'rural' areas, it really will not take off!

Suzanne — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:37:02 +0000

Heaven help us if the web becomes tv. Frickin' marketers.

However, I think there is going to be a split. The Internet spawned the web, and I think the web may spawn another creation using the same base technology that contains what was previously contained by Cable companies.

On the other hand, perhaps this is the time to mention that broadband isn't a matter of choice alone. It's impossible to get it in some locations, and the expansion of the technology seems to be slowing, not growing, in new markets. Infrastructure companies and other hardware companies are losing business.

I would rather hope that wireless access would increase, instead of the wired cable/adsl/t1-t3 blah blah lines.

cadeh — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:34:16 +0000

Oooo. I want in on this one. Flash this... Flash that. People were saying how the web is the web and not TV. Just like the difference between newspaper and tv. I think that, looking into the future, the web IS going to be TV. Just look how it has evolved so far.

Started as text
Got some layout with html
Hey, Graphics
Whoa, Animation

A monitor is basicly a TV. You can install a video card to watch TV on it. The only thing holding back the full evolution is bandwidth. Ding Ding (Note to self. Invest in that optical networking stock.) We already have WebTV and some forms of interactive TV. The web is going to be the next generation of interactive TV. We just need a killer app that makes everyone want to get broadband. Similiar to the "browser" that made everyone get internet access. It's all supply and demand. If people demand braodband far and wide, the cable companies will build the infrastructure (I don't talk like this in real life).

So what's gonna be that killer app that everybody has to get? I think I got off topic.

theprofessional — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:59:13 +0000

OK. I took the time to look at the site this time and I was impressed. This shows a lot of whats possible with Flash, that's for sure. The only thing that could make this better is to include examples of some serious business applications.
Anyways, it's great entertainment.

taff — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 15:08:43 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Busy
I have kept out of this until it died down a little, here is one of my favorite sites on the web http://www.davidgarystudios.com/ i found it a couple of years ago and i still like it.
Its an awesome site, very well made, great to play/use but to me isnt very practical. it takes a while to load (each section at a time) but is interactive great for its content but would be useless as a news site or forums ...
like has been said before, flash can have it place but with never replace text.

Aye. As "funky" as the design is, this site is a perfect example of good flash on a bad web site. Navigation is about as far from intuitive as you can get. There are endless hurdles and hoops to endure before you can get anywhere. Bottom line being that I tired of the exercise before I actually got to the meat of the site, assuming there was any.

Megan — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:39:57 +0000

I think that fullscreen can be okay in some cricumstances - like for interactive learning applications, for example, when you wouldn't want students to be distracted by other things going on on their computer. It should always be optional though. And always make sure it's possible to exit manually!!!

See, Clint, these so-called "dazzling" tricks often get really annoying, really fast.

theprofessional — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:23:32 +0000

That didn't take long. As a matter of fact, when the site tried to go full screen across my monitor I shut it down ASAP! Even more than pop-ups, I vigorously hate when a site goes full screen. I've got a 21" monitor here at the office that faces the entire staff just about, and when surfing the web I'm comfortable with the browser minimized to about 600X300 or so. So when the browser goes to 1152X864 and you can see it accross the room, well...

Let that be a lesson to all reading this. Create some stupid full screen crap because you think you have to dazzle my socks off, and I won't come back again, let alone even see it to begin with. What a stupid concept.

Busy — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 08:02:37 +0000

I have kept out of this until it died down a little, here is one of my favorite sites on the web http://www.davidgarystudios.com/ i found it a couple of years ago and i still like it.
Its an awesome site, very well made, great to play/use but to me isnt very practical. it takes a while to load (each section at a time) but is interactive great for its content but would be useless as a news site or forums ...
like has been said before, flash can have it place but with never replace text.

theprofessional — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:40:49 +0000

Haven't done that yet either. But as my understanding, you use the dynamic text option with HTML checked and it can read HTML tagging of imported text from flat and database input, don't know about it's ability to use CSS though. Haven't even read anything that pertains to Flash with CSS but, I'm sure I will soon. Anyways, if it can read HTML it should be able to read CSS, or so I would expect.

Megan — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:28:15 +0000

Setting paragraphs, lists, headings, things like that are more tedious in Flash since you can't use pre-set spacing, sizing etc. as you can in HTML. Although TonyMontana told me that you can import HTML into flash and it will recognize the formatting. Haven't tried this yet though.

I've only ever done one full Flash site before though so I guess my inexperience is showing here