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HarbingerOfDoom
5th December 2001, 05:15
I think you guys should as some flash or shock to the page and a little of activex to make it more interactive and fancier.
Scarface2k1
5th December 2001, 19:32
yeah i guess that would be nice...



1000th post!!!!!!!!!!!!!
papadoc
5th December 2001, 21:41
Congradulations Scarface2k1!!!
:D
originally posted by HarbingerOfDoom
I think you guys should as some flash or shock to the page and a little of activex to make it more interactive and fancier.
This would be a good idea except
that there allot of people with 56k dial-up access here.
Theyr'e already slowed down by sigs and avatars that are animated
and by allot of large .jpg and .gif images that ocassionally make
their way here.
Adding flash files and activex would further slow down their times,
/me thinks.
:D
fish
5th December 2001, 21:43
Flash has become really overused for certain things.

I've gone so far as to not install flash in K-Meleon since all flash really does is bloat...
c2R
5th December 2001, 22:47
What purpose would flash or shockwave really serve here?

None. It would just add bloat to an already slow site. I'm on dialup (which hardly ever reaches 56k :( ) and if loads of bloody moving graphics were added to try and make it look fancy then I wouldn't come back.

Either that or we should have an alt.fan.winamp newsgroup or something like that to use instead...
Scarface2k1
6th December 2001, 00:01
Originally posted by papadoc
Congradulations Scarface2k1!!!
:D

heh, actually i was waiting for the first, while amking some posts as Blurpak2k1 :D

heh heh heh

guess i have to work on another thou :D
Merlin
7th December 2001, 21:11
Flash is a nightmare on 56K - especially when the site you're trying to view tells you to download the latest version, only to use it for a crummy intro. I don't think I could use

www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3

on 56K and retain my sanity, as the site is composed entirely using shockwave. Thank goodness for my (current) faster connection :)
griffinn
8th December 2001, 10:15
On the website I administer, when people ask for "improvements" by the brand name of the technology rather than the nature of the content, I usually go to their house and spray paint a huge-ass STFU!!! at their porch.
darkraider
14th January 2002, 07:24
I'm not sure why no one has brought this up. But macromedia is a bitch that requires proprietary plugins. Not only does that slow load time but the proper plugins aren't even available for certain platforms and browsers. That would kill cross-compatability pretty quickly.
sub1zero
17th February 2002, 02:51
one of the best improments would be to get rid of those stupid news articles and retarded posts come on nullsoft get serious and just tell us about winamps progress and improvments instead of what stupid thigs you think up in your heads
rm'
17th February 2002, 03:10
Originally posted by c2R
Either that or we should have an alt.fan.winamp newsgroup or something like that to use instead...

/me ponders reviving the idea of a forum news reader...

now that I think about it, it would be kinda nice to be able to browse the forums without opening up a web browser.
henry3k56
17th February 2002, 03:11
I like those news stories. They're fun to read. Anyhow, the Winamp Site is good as it is.
Bilbo Baggins
17th February 2002, 10:05
A forum like this is far easier to administer than a Newsgroup, and you have far more customisability too.
c2R
17th February 2002, 21:17
I understand that it's far more customizable and there is actually some way of administering the posts and everything.

It's just I prefer newsgroups - much quicker to navigate; just have agent download all the messages, and then peruse them at leisure.
dylman
17th February 2002, 21:32
And don't forget the pr0n!

Sorry - am I being too cynical? :D
darkraider
18th February 2002, 16:40
Originally posted by sub1zero
one of the best improments would be to get rid of those stupid news articles and retarded posts come on nullsoft get serious and just tell us about winamps progress and improvments instead of what stupid thigs you think up in your heads
I think you're missing the point of these forums. Correct me if I'm wrong but the whole purpose of these forums is discussion of whatever you decide to pull out of your ass.
c2R
18th February 2002, 18:10
Originally posted by dylman
And don't forget the pr0n!

Sorry - am I being too cynical? :D

Since I'm on crappy 33,6k dialup sadly I don't have the bandwidth needed for downloading of pron from newsgroups.

Not that I've tried. erm. :D