Editor's Note
08.24.00
Before adding streaming media to your Web site, you need to identify the reasons for doing so. Will this media help present the overall
goal of your site? Like any component of a Web document, text,
graphics, links, etc., you should have a reason for adding streaming
media. Placing multimedia elements on a Web site without a clear
plan is sure to disrupt your users' experience.
Streaming media is an unique compression technology that reduces
digitized computer files like audio and video to a bandwidth size
small enough to be downloaded and reach your computer for playback
in real time.
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Ed's List of Uses for Your Old, Used Computer
- Tear out the guts, cut a slit in top and use it for an inter-office
suggestion box.
- Use it as the largest desktop picture frame in your office. Put in
lots of photos of your family and then place in on your desk in
such a way as to keep the boss from seeing what you are really
doing.
- Use it as a false front for your home safebox. Put in your cash,
jewelry and bonds. When thieves break into your house and see the
computer is last year's model, they won't take it.
- Use it as a paperweight during hurricane season.
- Use it as a pinata for adult parties. Stuff it with party favors
and then take turns smashing it open with a sledge hammer.
- Use it as a doorstop for those stupid self-locking restroom doors
at service stations.
- Tear out the guts, wear it on your head and go to a Halloween party
as Bill Gates.
- Inject it with every known computer virus known to man and send it
to your worst enemy for a birthday present.
- Tear out the guts and use it as a cooler. Note from Kim: I changed
this one a little to keep this a clean joke list!
- Take it all apart and then glue it back together again in weird,
bizarre ways. Sell it to a museum for ten thousand dollars as
"pop art".
Today's humor thanks to ChuckleADay
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Before You Begin Consider...
Identify the Kinds of Media You Wish to Present
Do you want your streaming media to be comprised of audio clips?
Are you looking to put video clips on your Web site? Perhaps you
wish to use a little of both. How much media do you want to add?
What level of an integrated multimedia experience do you want to
provide for the user? You should answer these questions before you
begin, as they will help you to seamlessly integrate streaming media
into your Web site, give you an idea of how much time and effort
this is going to take, and also how it will impact your budget.
Plan Your Streaming Media Integration
Decide where and how you wish to present your streaming media. Keep
in mind that the sheer amount of content that you wish to deliver
will likely determine the amount of time and money you need to spend
on this project. It will be easiest to start small; adding a few
streaming media clips to your pages in the beginning so that you can
get a feel for what works best with your site. This doesn't mean,
though, that you shouldn't create a comprehensive plan for how you
wish to incorporate media into your site.
Know Your Site
You know your site better than anyone else. While it may be easy to
simply add a new HTML page and a link from your home page to your
streaming media, your visitors will appreciate a more integrated
experience. Group your media with similar HTML documents, so that
your users can navigate through the information that they need, in
whatever format it may be.
Streaming Media Wisdom
The most important thing to know about adding streaming media to a
Web site is that this media is just another kind of information,
like text and graphics. There may be a bit more to know, but that's
why we've prepared this road map for you. Remember that adding
streaming media to your Web site doesn't mean that you can throw
all of your design and development rules out the window.
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We at the Editorial Team would
like to thank all our readers for reading
NetDummy.
Sincerely,
Patrick
Stoddard
The Editorial Team
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