sivranVive Vivaldi Premium Member join:2003-09-15 Irving, TX |
sivran
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2005-Mar-3 6:31 pm
Why flash?Flash is evil, EEEVIL! And annoying as hell! Besides, Earthlink already had webmail, just what was wrong with the old one? Huh? I really hate Flash. It's not cool to have a site made entirely out of flash, it's annoying! /rant... | |
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| Michail Premium Member join:2000-08-02 Boynton Beach, FL |
Michail
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2005-Mar-3 7:29 pm
Re: Why flash?said by sivran:Flash is evil, EEEVIL! And annoying as hell! Besides, Earthlink already had webmail, just what was wrong with the old one? Huh? I really hate Flash. It's not cool to have a site made entirely out of flash, it's annoying! /rant... It's all in how it was developed. 95% of Flash apps are just "all flash". However, given a good developer you can have quite a good application. Problem is that most flash developers come from strictly a graphical design background and don't take good GUI design into consideration. | |
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| | jDyno Premium Member join:2001-02-20 Washington, DC 1 edit
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jDyno
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2005-Mar-3 8:07 pm
Re: Why flash?Exactly. It's not the technology that's bad, it's the use of it. Saying all Flash is bad is like saying all digital photography is bad (as a way of arguing for film). The technology itself has nothing to do with whether the product produced with it is not good. Give me a break.
It ain't the pencil, it's how you write your name. | |
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| | blogguy join:2005-03-04 Woodstock, GA |
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I agree. Flash has come a long way, and with new development tools like Laszlo and Flex, it is being used to build real applications better than anything on the web already. I look forward to seeing this. | |
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| NerdtalkerWorking Hard, Or Hardly Working? MVM join:2003-02-18 San Jose, CA |
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said by sivran:Flash is evil, EEEVIL! And annoying as hell! I agree, it makes even the most mundane tasks take longer. | |
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And i thought that AOL was bad. Who on earth would create a Flash webmail application and pimp it like it were the next generation of web services? | |
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Oooo! Flash mail!Cool! An even slicker way to view all that spam that get's by Earthlink's spam filter! | |
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TexasGuy49 States And Texas Premium Member join:2002-12-02 Houston, TX |
TexasGuy
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2005-Mar-3 6:42 pm
Who cares...Not that their service will bring something new that you can't get now for free. It is like 25th brand of aspirin. I would understand if Earthlink would add something that is needed but not available anywhere else... Like 30MB attachments or something. Also, a flash site... It is a bad move. | |
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Re: Who cares...I agree who cares, until the top 10 isp's dump pop in favor of forcing users to use their ad laden webmail interface.... | |
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oliphantI Have 8 Boobies Premium Member join:2004-11-26 Corona, CA |
oliphant
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2005-Mar-3 6:46 pm
Flash sucks...and 100MB...too little too late. Everyone who wants that kinda stuff already has GMAIL. | |
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Re: Flash sucks...Why am I paying for 10 mb of space on my earthlink account when they are going to give away a 1 gb?
My account may be getting deactivated soon.. | |
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| dadkinsCan you do Blu? MVM join:2003-09-26 Hercules, CA |
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said by oliphant:and 100MB...too little too late. Everyone who wants that kinda stuff already has GMAIL. I agree! Even Hotmail gives you 250MB... | |
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DrStrangeTechnically feasible Premium Member join:2001-07-23 Bristol, CT
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Now I have a reason!I wondered how I was going to justify building a Pentium 4 640-based system to replace my aging Dell P3.
Thanks, Earthlink [I think]. | |
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zoom3148Superman Premium Member join:2001-04-30 Yermo, CA |
zoom3148
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2005-Mar-3 7:56 pm
Ah Yes, Another email provider for Verizon toAh Yes, Another email provider for Verizon to block, Unless They will use a compatible SMTP server with a compatible Server Authentication scheme of some sort. | |
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XBL2009------ join:2001-01-03 Chicago, IL |
EarthlinkI use to love Earthlink but with SBC so cheap it's hard to use them and validate the extra cost. | |
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Hooray!More abusive flash crap | |
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| Combat ChuckToo Many Cannibals Premium Member join:2001-11-29 Verona, PA |
Re: Hooray!abusive? Just don't use the service, problem solved. I should be a consultant; that'll be $10000. | |
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What about PDA's?I use a PDA. To the best of my knowledge, PDA's don't support Flash. I've tried and have not been able to get to work. So anyone who uses a PDA can't check their mail? Sounds stupid to me. | |
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AccessibilityWhy does everyone forget about accessibility when building websites? Screen readers don't work with flash. | |
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b_zen Premium Member join:2002-07-24 Saint Louis, MO |
b_zen
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2005-Mar-4 4:33 am
How about blocking adverts?How will you control what you want to see and what you want to block such as advertisements? Also, it is true that using an all-flash approach is wrong if not coded properly, I can only hope the dev team will at least consider a hybrid approach. A great demonstration of how flash can spice up any web applications is available on... you guessed it, www.Macromedia.com... Can't find the area, but they have a pretty slick form in there; alternatively, you can check the "exchange area"... Finally, many people don't like Flash because it takes eons to load on slow connections and/or because the noob-designer just made one mega movie/scene, instead of a collection of small, fast loading ones. Earthlink wanna try a new approach, let them do it. I'll try it just to see how they implement it... Can't criticize a free service now come on | |
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rchandraStargate Universe fan Premium Member join:2000-11-09 14225-2105 ARRIS ONT1000GJ4 EnGenius EAP1250
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rchandra
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2005-Mar-4 8:16 am
another site ruinedJust as JavaScript is abused mercilessly, Macromedia Flash is similarly used to obliterate perfectly fine sites. I've ceased being a customer of some businesses simply because they decided to convert their site to Flash. I can't think of a single sane reason why Flash needs to be involved AT ALL with reading email. | |
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