[Noisebridge-discuss] Embedding ogg audio into a web page?

[Jacob Appelbaum]

Tom Longson (nym) wrote:
> In the serious world of web development you look at your audience, and
> figure out how to best serve them. Sometimes that means doing stupid things
> like zoom:1 to make sure Internet Explorer 6 doesn't play peakaboo with your
> HTML. Sometimes that means using flash because it is used by most everyone
> and for whatever reason is widely adopted.

Nice opener.

> 
> In all cases, you should attempt to degrade gracefully. We can all bitch
> about the few who get the short end of the stick, but when you're trying to
> reach an audience, someone almost always is going to get the short end of
> the stick if you want to do something more rich and dynamic than plain text.
> 

Sure. Degrading gracefully is totally important. Using open standards is
another important thing. There's no reason to use flash when HTML5
supports what Rubin wants to do.

Flash is a piece of garbage; it's also a flock of 0days flying in formation.

Best,
Jake

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