I hope that you gentlemen realize that I don't *actually* suggest that say
Win95 is really better than Linux or that you should *actually* install
Netscape if your it's not the best for your current business and hobby use.
My use of "archaic" was intentionally ironic.

I   *am* suggesting that asking someone to run out and get divx or mpeg-29b
or a more gif-friendly viewer  just for *your* anim is like asking someone
to get MSIE.

Some people might have as severe limitations on these viewers in their
workplace (or income bracket or hard disk space)  as others might in their
newsgroup readers!


Chris Huff wrote:

> In article <39edd11b@news.povray.org>, "Greg M. Johnson"
> <"gregj;-()"@aol.c;-()om> wrote:
>
> > Shouldn't we simply tell those with the archaic readers simply to
> > upgrade to Win2000 and Netscape or MSIE?? That is in essence what we
> > say when someone cannot read a bleeding edge video format.
>
> I upgraded from Netscape Navigator to MT-NewsWatcher...which is
> definitely not "archaic". Navigator was too big, slow, and buggy. I
> tried Outlook Express...it is no longer on my machine, enough said.
> I am definitely not going to get Win2000...that would mean replacing all
> my software and nearly all my hardware, downgrading to an OS that I
> consider inferior, and that software you mentioned will run on Macs.
> And besides, they not only are unreadable by many newsreaders, but they
> take up more server space, which is in limited supply.
>
> > I would argue for a common courtesy codec for posting images and
> > videos as well.
>
> For images: I think it has generally been agreed that JPEG format images
> are the best choice, and small PNG's or GIF's are acceptable if JPEG
> compression hurts the image.
> For movies, it probably would be a good idea in theory to set some sort
> of standard...but actually choosing one would be difficult, some people
> probably wouldn't be able to create them, and you would be leaving out
> any new, possibly better formats. New movie codecs and formats seem to
> appear far more often than new image formats...
>
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