Yes, I misunderstood. You were apparently labeling java as "junk." My
apologies.
Paul
On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:28 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Who said it was junk? Who said it is inappropriate to offer it as a
PESO? If you're implying that I said that, or that anyone here said
that, the
implication is dead wrong, and I am somewhat miffed at the idea that
you
think I said or implied any such thing. In fact, quite the contrary
- I
said it was good work.
Shel
Someone has miisread this, where you were (I think) talking about java:
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I clicked on all the buttons, and couldn't get it to stop, only
reverse
direction. Maybe my Java's not up to date. I don't care - I'm not
downloading any more junk like that to my computer. Anyway, this
isn't a
corporate computer ...
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[Original Message]
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: 1/31/2006 11:46:28 AM
Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often)
I understand Shel's unhappiness here, but I found Jens' panorama
quite
interesting and well done. And I believe it's perfectly appropriate to
offer it as a PESO. Those who wish to view it will do so. Those who
would
prefer not to look at it. won't. But I think it's wrong to dismiss it
as
"junk." It's not junk. It's the same view one would have if one stood
in
the road and turned 360 degrees in order to take in the full
landscape.
It's a photograph, although a new type of photograph that depends on
the
availability of certain technology. I don't think digital photographic
exploration should be reduced to the lowest common denominator: i.e.
don't
do it if it requires any new technology to implement. Broadband and
java
aren't exactly day after tomorrow. They're in general use by a large
majority of internet users.
Paul
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From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I don't understand the point of what you're doing. It would be
simpler
to
have a panorama that one could scroll through, left to right. It
seems
like
an exercise in technology more than anything else. Speaking for
myself,
the viewing experience is awful and not at all satisfying.
This thing that you've done takes forever to download on a dialup
connection, requires plugins that, obviously, some people don't
have, or
which are not up to date, plus, Java dumps a bunch of hidden files
onto
the
user's computer. Most people may not know that, and some may not
want
that
(I certainly don't) for any number of reasons. I know where they
are
and
clean out the files every now and then, but others may not have that
knowledge.
While I'm sure you don't care one way or the other, but I won't be
viewing
your panoramas again. It's quite possible a number of other people
won't
see your good work because the technology to view the files limits
or
excludes them for doing so.
