[LINK] After 10 years, standards are still loosely-defined

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:39 AM 11/08/2004, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>A plug-in like flash has specific uses and purposes
>as far as I am concerned. Using it to circumvent ads blocking will
>simply lead to the next iteration of browers offering ways to block
>flash content. Sad indeed.

Yes.  I find that the Age even breaks for me at times because of a DNS 
error in the middle of the page because of this feeding complexity from 
multiple sources.  I turn off ActiveX or at least get an alert from the 
browser before launching.

I waited for the infamous www.jibjab.com animation the other day when I had 
some time, only to find that it wouldn't play on my machine 4mb later.  If 
you're on broadband, it is hilarious and worth looking at.

Jan


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