Jerry wrote:
> 
> In article <399### [at] erolscom>, John VanSickle
> <van### [at] erolscom> wrote:
> >There is one option for QT that I detest.  Apparently a QT file can
> >contain nothing more than a bit of code that itself downloads the
> >actual anim.  This adds no value to the process; all it does is
> >give the software one more opportunity to break.
> 
> This is a very useful feature for dynamic information (such as live
> feeds). QT can't really be blamed because some other idiots (LOTR
> comes to mind) don't realize that their static information is not a
> live feed. (I don't know how many times I've re-downloaded the LOTR
> trailer wasting their bandwidth.)

The LotR trailer is what got me onto this rant.

> If Apple had not added that feature, they would not be able to compete
> with Real (which as far as I can tell *only* works like that, and
> that's why news organizations like it).

I can see the point here.  I was more angry at the LotR people for
using the feature than I was at QT for having the feature.

Regards,
John
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