I just moved this discussion over to the povray.animations group.  I realize
however that people who post here might only see this here so I just wanted to
also post this reply.

Bob

"Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote in message
news:387F2E4A.B46CBEFE@my-dejanews.com...
> Believe it or not, I have on occasion looked at items on the
> news.povray.org during coffee breaks, and before and after my workday
> has started, at my place of employment. I've also occasionally browsed
> while waiting for an experiment to be  completed.  Thus, I am limited in
> the software that I may and should load onto the PC's from which I
> access the pov server.  Thus, I am limited to the default media players
> which come with Netscape and Win95. Thus, I am unable to see many
> versions of AVI, GIF, FLC, etc., animations.
>
> I think that it would be kind and inclusive for everyone to use a
> standard that everyone can see!  I bet that I am not the only one who
> browses on different PC's than are used for his or her artwork.
>
> Apologies to the community for using harsh rhetoric and inflammatory
> analogies, most of the logic of which has gone over like a  lead
> balloon.  As I have stated before,  many people may have personal
> preferences for or against certain software companies, or restrictions
> imposed from above on what kind of software they may use to access this
> server.   Thus, while it is very appropriate in other povray fora to
> suggest, "Download program X to accomplish taskY,"  I think it's not
> that appropriate to suggest that everyone download every animation
> format viewer to see things in this forum.
>
> My inflammatory analogy was to compare this suggestion to a suggestion
> that everyone download a browser capable of viewing V-cards and HTML
> properly.  Or operating systems capable of running povwin3.1.
>
> I wasn't offended or angered by anyone's actions or comments, but I am
> indeed feel frustrated that I cannot see all of your wonderful work!
>
>
>

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