Revolution Web Browser Plugin

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Nov 2 11:36:06 EST 2006


Luis wrote:
> Andre Garzia wrote:
>> well, this topic has been touched before. Many times. :-)
> 
> I suppose that indicates it's need... ;)

What people want is not always what they need. :)

The attraction of a browser plugin is ubiquity -- all you'd need is a 
URL and you can deliver to goods. Or see it seems at first glance.

In practice, of course this would mean locating, downloading, and 
installing yet another plugin, in a world where Flash is already 
pre-installed.

At that point, authoring for a plugin other than Flash becomes about as 
much of an issue for IT managers and end-users as locating, downloading, 
and installing the Rev player or your own custom player, so much of the 
primary benefit of ubiquity is lost in real-world deployment scenarios.

These snippets from previous discussions may be of interest:

Background on the nature and scope of the problem:
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2006-July/084230.html>
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2006-July/084259.html>

Options for solutions:
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2006-August/009590.html>
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2006-June/083882.html>
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2006-June/083891.html>

My personal fave, not yet built but could be at any time:
<http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2006-June/083955.html>


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