[REBOL] Re: facts we will have to face ...
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 25-Oct-2001 14:39
Hi, Robert,
Do you consider presentations to be a business application?
Robert M. Muench
wrote:
> Hi, well I have to refine my statement: I don't see a need to
> play MP3s from business applications ;-)) And yes, I see Rebol's
> market there. But for this market other features/optimizations
> are more needed.
>
Think of a presentation (e.g., the example on the RT site)
which might include suitable audio clips either as:
1) background music
2) per page audio sound bite
3) on-demand (e.g. button click) audio information
Also consider the possibility of audio feedback in an O/S neutral
manner, such as alerts to signal completion of a long-running
process, receipt of a new message, timeout on an error dialogue
to which the user has not responded in a timely manner, etc.
It seems reasonable to consider MP3 as a "generic" audio format
for use an *any* situation requiring audible signals/information
by analogy with the fact that JPEG and PNG are "generic" graphic
formats that can be used in any situation requiring non-text
display of information (whether charts, photos, or just eye
candy...)
Just my $0.02.
-jn-
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