From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,699cc914522aa7c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Flash References: <_wrvh.30646$E02.12547@newsb.telia.net> <%g4yh.381062$1i1.367487@attbi_s72> From: Markus E Leypold Organization: N/A Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:40:45 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3sGGSGZvLBRMfS1tImXUQ5rwiA4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.224.62 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1170790540 88.72.224.62 (6 Feb 2007 20:35:40 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:9102 Date: 2007-02-06T20:40:45+01:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey R. Carter" writes: > Randy Brukardt wrote: >> Gee, that's too bad. Someone needs to point out to these marketing >> types >> that "cool" websites get in the way of finding/providing information. When I >> was shopping for a car last year, I tried the web sites of various dealers. >> Several were completely unusable without Flash! I didn't want "brochureware" >> (in this case, lovely videos of cars driving about with beautiful models at >> the wheel): I was looking for specs (like the size of the hatch or trunk >> opening). I ended up having to drive to most of dealers (I consider Flash >> adware: I spent several hours rooting it out of my Windows XP laptop, as it >> comes installed by default, complete with its many vulnerabilities.) In the >> end, I ended up buying from the dealer that allowed plain text navigation. > > Firefox with NoScript and AdBlock let you get rid of unwanted Flash > while still being able to see it when you want. In those "cool" sites it also gets you rid of all the information that there is to have -- since they don't provide any othere because "everybody has flash anyway today" and "those that don't should better upgrade to modern software". It'd be nice to see their faces when they realize (in the years to come) that the part of the relatives that has money left ofter to realizes their dreams of luxury are the older people who are somewhat overtaxed and with pop-ups, pop-unders, all that blinking and microscopic writing -- and therefore will in the long run prefer to get their information (and the things to buy) from a side that looks like the media they know: Books, brochures, magazines and which can be read even by someone with aging eyes who doesn't have the reflexes and the coordination of a jet pilot. What will I be laughing ... Regards -- Markus