[Hidden-tech] Restaurant websites built using Adobe Flash?

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:30:01 -0500 Jeff Hobbs <jeffehobbs at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I was wondering if any local web designers wanted to weigh in on this one:
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> Why does it seem like every restaurant website is built using Adobe Flash?

Maybe they are targeting frogs.  Seriously: frog eyesight is limited to
*moving* object.  Frogs litterally cannot 'see' stationary objects. 
Many web site designers seem to think that a website containing only
'stationary' media (text, still pictures, etc.) is just not 'visible',
so they use things like Adobe Flash to create websites that have
constant motion.  I *guess* that is fine if:

A) you have a wicked fast computer (and who does not have a quad core
64-bit computer with 16gig of RAM on their desktop?)

B) you have a wicked fast internet connection (and who does not have a
their own personal gigibit network connection to a first-tier ISP?)

I guess those of us with 500mhz PIII processors with only 348meg of RAM
and a dial-up internet connection are not considered possible customers
for restaurants.  Esp. when we run Linux and use Firefox.  I guess us
(poor) geeks don't eat?

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> http://blog.masslive.com/linkfarm/2009/01/why_is_every_restaurant_websit.html
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