"Great Web Site, Pixar" -- Seriously?

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Post by akent » Mon, May 10, 2010, 1:20 PM UTC

"Great Web Site, Pixar" -- Seriously?
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Post by joubert » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:09 PM UTC

I'm thinking more along the lines of: Toy Story THREE?

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Post by sosuke » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:17 PM UTC

Sure, I am a Flash developer and I also love my HTML/CSS/JavaScript too but the comments on that page he linked out too just make me sad. When I saw this on the new page I kind of hoped it wouldn't find it's way up, that kind of misdirected hate just doesn't sit well with me.

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Post by CoryMathews » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:26 PM UTC

Goes to show that the Internet is still not ready to completely leave flash.

All the more reason why Apple needs to get over themselves and support flash.

Push HTML5 because yes it is better but support flash until it is no longer used.

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Post by pragmatic » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:29 PM UTC

Tested it on my android based phone. Works.

I'm wondering what a media rich site _should_ do in this case. Can you really afford to build 2 (or _n_ ) sites for every available device, when cheap hardware (netbooks, phones) will play flash?

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Post by crystalis » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:36 PM UTC

pragmatic wrote: post #5

Tested it on my android based phone. Works. I'm wondering what a media rich site _should_ do in this case. Can you really afford to build 2 (or _n_ ) sites for every available device, when cheap hardware (netbooks, phones) will play flash?

Maybe this is Apple's way of being the next Internet Explorer?

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Post by weego » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:36 PM UTC

I don't even really know where to start with the lazy stupidity of the linked through posts.

Yes, your 0.002% market penetration new toy doesn't support Flash, and yes you trawled the net for a site that had no alt content for it's Flash content aimed at a demographic that will be 99% Flash enabled.

Marketing is not a business that deals in 100%s, neither is web development. If you chose specifically to be in the 1% then there is no big message here, no champagne room, no deep-rooted moral to martyr.

Disney had a demographic in mind and a marketing experience they wanted those people to have and spent their money accordingly. Something any number of companies do every day.

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Post by locopati » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:36 PM UTC

joubert wrote: post #2

I'm thinking more along the lines of: Toy Story THREE ?

If you could guarantee money from extending an existing franchise, wouldn't you? It's not like Pixar is releasing sequels every year or two for all their movies.

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Post by joubert » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:37 PM UTC

locopati wrote: post #8

joubert wrote: post #2

I'm thinking more along the lines of: Toy Story THREE ?

If you could guarantee money from extending an existing franchise, wouldn't you? It's not like Pixar is releasing sequels every year or two for all their movies.

I was just commenting as a film lover.

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Mon, May 10, 2010, 2:37 PM UTC

From the flickr comments:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruber/4594658152/#comment72157...