I sent a client a PDF of a leaflet for approval last week.
They called me and said ‘The type is all way too small, how is anyone going to read this’.
‘What are you looking at it on’ I asked
‘My iPhone’ they told me.
‘Okay, when the leaflet is printed it won’t be the size of your phone screen’
:-)
> On 18 Sep 2015, at 15:35, Jeremy Ottevanger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> give up on PDFs, Jon? I've seen the alternative so I know what I think
>
> http://bit.ly/1iUJwqT
>
>
>
> Jeremy Ottevanger
> Technical Web Manager
> Imperial War Museum
> Lambeth Road
> London SE1 6HZ
>
>
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> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of jon pratty
> Sent: 18 September 2015 15:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MCG] What now Flash is dead?
>
> Mike
>
> I'm glad Flash is dead; I remember the headaches we had trying to
> commission a kids game at Culture24 using Flash MX. We just wanted it to be
> accessible, but it seemed to be almost impossible thing to ask for,
> according to the devs we spoke to.
>
> So HTML5 is a revelation, really, compared to that. If someone could kill
> off PDFs I'd be quite pleased, too. Trying to look at them on my 5 inch HTC
> makes me cross. And they're still not searchable. Give up on them, people!
>
> Jon
> On 18 Sep 2015 15:01, "Ben Rubinstein" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> By no means a complete answer, but I'd suggest in most cases I'd ask
>> either "why wouldn't we use HTML5 here?" or "why wouldn't we use video
>> here?" (with a suitable codec, eg if it's an animation). Only if there was
>> a reason to rule both of those out would I look elsewhere.
>>
>> In regards to the-kinds-of-interactives-we-used-to-build-in-Flash, if the
>> reason not to use HTML5 is lack of suitable level programming skills, there
>> are tools - the one I'm somewhat familiar with is Hype [1] - which give a
>> very Flash-like authoring interface, and deliver in HTML5. Definitely
>> worth a look for people who were previously happy to create Flash
>> interactives.
>>
>> My 1p (sale now on)
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> [1] http://tumult.com/hype/
>>
>> On 18/09/2015 14:49, Mike Ellis wrote:
>>
>>> So Flash is dead, or at least in a ditch, slowly taking a last breath..
>>>
>>> One of many articles...
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/24/adobe-flash-dying-amazon-google-chrome
>>>
>>>
>>> The question is - what replaces it? If you've got some in-depth stuff you
>>> want
>>> to show - mechanisms in old objects, how guns fire, zooming into clock
>>> workings - ...how?
>>>
>>> Is it WebGL? Is browser compatibility good enough? Is the capability
>>> there? Is
>>> it fast enough? Ok on mobile?
>>>
>>> Or... video?
>>>
>>> Or is the whole "interactive" thing a thing we need to re-think?
>>>
>>> Any good examples, thoughts....?
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
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