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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:51 am
by Jenk
d11wtq wrote:arborint wrote:It does not appear to work with Linux/Firefox. Unless it is supposed to be a solid gray screen.
Same here. FF 1.5/Linux. Grey screen; dead -- took ages for that to load too.
I'm sorry to say that I have a strong dislike for Flash sites (personal preference). I'd rather have a functional layout that can be accessed in all browsers (including Lynx). It bugs me when developers ingore the fact that not everybody uses IE in Windows. The thing that bugs me most is when I go to a site under linux and I just get a page saying "Please upgrade to the latest version of internet explorer to use our site".
Actually, it's flash to blame.. Flash on Linux is no where near what it is on Windows. Google Video, for an example of ill working Linux Flash. However telling people to upgrade IE is silly..
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:00 pm
by julian_lp
Jenk wrote:Flash on Linux is no where near what it is on Windows. Google Video, for an example of ill working Linux Flash.
mmm, taking into account I've almost no linux experience, I should forget to think in flash as a truly cross plattform solution... I always believed It was though

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:57 pm
by RobertGonzalez
When flash can be made more secure I am sure it will be well recieved in the Linux world. I am finding that Linux is a much more secure environment, to the point of being prohibitive in some arensa, but more secure.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:40 am
by bob_the _builder
omg are you people on dailup?
it loads in under 30 seconds here.
In forums I see alot of people doging on flash sites, noone seems to take note of the effort that goes into creating such sites, seems its more moaning about load times bla bla.
Im not a fan of flash sites but in general I think its pretty well done and wicked graphical work!
Good Job
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:38 am
by jayshields
impulse() wrote:It's taken 25 minutes to load a turtle looking creature walking along the screen, and once I press him I've gone inside another loader which looks like it's going to take equally as long.
Same as me, that's when I closed it.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:29 am
by feyd
bob_the _builder wrote:omg are you people on dailup?
it loads in under 30 seconds here.
In forums I see alot of people doging on flash sites, noone seems to take note of the effort that goes into creating such sites, seems its more moaning about load times bla bla.
Im not a fan of flash sites but in general I think its pretty well done and wicked graphical work!
Good Job
That effort should be met by a good experience for all users. Having to wait an extreme amount of time for each page is outrageous.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:14 am
by Obadiah
i can kinda agree with the wait in load times for some flash sites....there are alot of flash sites out there(maybe not as great as that one) but others that have smaller load times....its a toss up i guess between eye candy and usability....in the end its up to the creator
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:07 am
by Obadiah
guys...you have gotta see this...this is funny stuff
http://www.segalabs.com/
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:09 am
by jayshields
Obadiah wrote:i can kinda agree with the wait in load times for some flash sites....there are alot of flash sites out there(maybe not as great as that one) but others that have smaller load times....its a toss up i guess between eye candy and usability....in the end its up to the creator
I disagree. In the end it's up to the user. The creator only creates websites of a certain calibre so that it is suitable for the target audience.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:17 am
by feyd
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:23 am
by malcolmboston
feyd wrote:worse than the first.
how? considering the excellent quality of the video that site loaded in maybe 5-7 seconds on a 2mb connection.
I think for that site, the quality is excellent, usually you wait 5 hours to see a web-site of that quality to load up.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:26 am
by feyd
I was referring to the entertainment value, which is what Obadiah was posting about. Loading time was nice and fast, CPU usage was insane.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:33 am
by RobertGonzalez
feyd wrote:bob_the _builder wrote:omg are you people on dailup?
it loads in under 30 seconds here.
In forums I see alot of people doging on flash sites, noone seems to take note of the effort that goes into creating such sites, seems its more moaning about load times bla bla.
Im not a fan of flash sites but in general I think its pretty well done and wicked graphical work!
Good Job
That effort should be met by a good experience for all users. Having to wait an extreme amount of time for each page is outrageous.
Kinda like watching Picasso paint. In the end it will be an awesome view, but the time it takes to get there makes you want to leave for a sandwich.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:46 pm
by ZZZ182
yeah it looks awesome, but takes like for ever to load, then you click on somthing and again .... loading...
