On Tue, 23 May 2006 22:31:00 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ wd ] on Tuesday 23 May 2006 17:10 \__
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>> On Tue, 23 May 2006 15:58:59 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> __/ [ wd ] on Tuesday 23 May 2006 15:48 \__
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>>> Maybe it's that all Urge influence. You know, that MTV-MS collaborative
>>> campaign (the Web site of which is said to have stolen KDE artwork).
>>> They liaise over the need to compete with the iPod and iTunes from
>>> Apple...
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>> Is the 'KDE' artwork still there?
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> I haven't checked for days, but do have a look:
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> http://www.projectopus.com/node/4172
That is a great Drupal site.
I can see the similarity to KDE on urge.com.
> Yes, exactly. I mentioned it this morning in a different conetxt. Videos
> that are embedded as streaming Flash cannot be viewed in most PDA's. I was
> trying to defend Google Video and YouTube.
Aren't YouTube and Google Video done with Flash?
>> I also hate it when people ask me to make a web site (I always tell them
>> "no Flash") and then they ask things like, "can you make this part fade
>> in and out and spin around repeatedly so the page won't look boring".
>> Or even worse, the animated splash screen: "click here to skip intro".
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> EXACTLY! That's why I'm so really glad to design no pages for anyone.
I am waiting for that day to arrive. It is getting tedious. I like
building sites, but only if it's an inspiring idea. Most of the stuff
that comes around is not inspiring.
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