Subject: RE: QT 7.1.3 and Flash support (Andy Cook)
From: "Guillaume James Edouard Iacino" <email@hidden>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:05:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
For years, many developers have been relying on Flash within QuickTime to
deliver interactive content. This content was delivered on web sites and
CDs. Today when users are trying to view the same content it is appears to
them as broken. I doubt that the average users will digging through the QT
pref to see if something need to enabled, even if they search for it, it
is unlikely that they'll find it.
So the question is: How to fix this content? Re-authoring it? It cost
money and I can't imagine that developers will recall CDs.
So basically QuickTime 7.1.3 broke content. We need to get Apple to fix
it. I am not talking about backyard BBQ content but millions of CDs, and
several hundreds thousands hours of content online, I am not exaggerating.
I have read offline emails over the last few days mentioning this massive
scale from high profile companies and universities.
Right now, I don't really care about discussing the state of interactive
QuickTime vs Flash or even mp4. I care about getting a fix for all the
current broken content and the content still been developed. It is clear
that most interactive QuickTime developers are going to look into other
technologies for their next gigs, but again the issue in not about the
future, it is about the content already deployed which appears broken to
users.
Us, developers need to be heard by Apple and Apple needs to act fast. If
you are affected on any way by this issue, you must contact Apple, contact
your high profile clients and ask them to contact Apple or even contact
your favorite blog and news site. A lot of us have been on the "offensive"
over the last few days and we need to keep the pressure up until we have
an official resolution.
Speak up and act now!
Guillaume Iacino
>> QT has lost the interactive/creative war.
>
> QuickTime never was a contender as an interactive runtime for several
> reasons, including the insipid "Go Pro" dialog (which instantly killed any
> chance QuickTime had).
>
> However, all remotely-creative applications on Macintosh and many on
> Windows
> use QuickTime one way or the other, and the MPEG-4 file format is a fine
> successor to QuickTime Movie file format. No need to cry for QuickTime
> just
> yet.
>
> -- Charles
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