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Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > ... > I suspect there's a strong self-selection effect (the non-Flash > capable don't go to Flash sites) that tends to obscure just how bad > the situation is. If you really want to research statistics instead of > making them up, the first step is to throw away your browser logs. > Instead randomly select people from the general population, and ask > them if they're Internet users. If they are, look at their computer to > see if it really can display Flash content. Do they have the plug-in? > Is it properly installed? Can it play the latest version of Flash > content? Do the security settings in the browser and the firewall > allow Flash content through? I doubt it's worth anybody's time or > money to do this study, but it's the only way to get a reliable > answer. If somebody did do it, I suspect the results would be > surprising, and very different from what browser logs indicate. Macromedia claims a 97.8% penetration rate based upon a survey: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/survey/ Flash is pre-installed on most computers: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/survey/whitepaper/page6.html Paul Prescod
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