Firefox Sucks!
Firefox Sucks!
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The internet is for diplaying information. Its not really an entertainment platform IMO.
hUtChhOuSe(Feb 14 05, 05:46)
----------------------It is both. Most of all it's about money. Internet sells, promotes, etc. and in order to attract people it does it in an entertaining way.
Modern visual communication in many situations is not something you can put into xml and style in different ways for each device. Picture, motion, sound and then text work together to form a message in audiovisual language. That's the language of advertisement, a picture transfers the multi-layer message better than words.
Let me give a small example:
For those who know the language (saw the film) the message is clear.
Another one:
Here, the cultural language is who AS was. Some people see only a car while others, like myself who know the story, get a thrill of seing this picture.
That is something you just cannot put into xml for various devices. The expressive and emotional part of the message will be lost in translation. That's why I think separation of content and design is an utopia and why flash doesn't die no matter how w3c prays for it.