Let's put it this way;/. uses GIF all over the place, yet PNG has been supported by all the browsers for at least a year. Nobody has time to convert all the GIFs to PNGs, and are too lazy to change the settings of whatever generates them.
I fear the same may happen to Vorbis (and I don't want it that way!) MP3 is part of our language(s), as is GIF. In fact, even if Vorbis takes over completely, it'll be years before people call them anything but MP3s. If I knew how to change it, I would, but you can't change history (think of Kleenex and Crescent wrench for examples).
Doesn't this remind anyone of PNG vs. GIF? How many of us use GIF still? Why? I would guess that the majority of tools are still GIF producers.
The success of this format will depend on what tools save and produce Vorbis! I'm not talking Linux tools, either, but mainstream Windoze, since that's still where the majority of content is generated -- not by me... by others;-)
Are people forgetting that a new web page feature is pointless unless web page authors actually use it? If you go to a page that doesn't load on Netscape, Voyager or a dozen other non-IE browsers, don't load IE to read it... send mail to the WEBMASTER saying their page is broken. If the webmaster gets twenty e-mails a day, perhaps they'll get the hint! After all, it's a matter of business. Another point that needs to be made; if you're going to browse the web with a portable device, feature support only eats up precious memory.
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Let's put it this way; /. uses GIF all over the place, yet PNG has been supported by all the browsers for at least a year. Nobody has time to convert all the GIFs to PNGs, and are too lazy to change the settings of whatever generates them.
I fear the same may happen to Vorbis (and I don't want it that way!) MP3 is part of our language(s), as is GIF. In fact, even if Vorbis takes over completely, it'll be years before people call them anything but MP3s. If I knew how to change it, I would, but you can't change history (think of Kleenex and Crescent wrench for examples).
Doesn't this remind anyone of PNG vs. GIF? How many of us use GIF still? Why? I would guess that the majority of tools are still GIF producers. The success of this format will depend on what tools save and produce Vorbis! I'm not talking Linux tools, either, but mainstream Windoze, since that's still where the majority of content is generated -- not by me ... by others ;-)
Are people forgetting that a new web page feature is pointless unless web page authors actually use it? If you go to a page that doesn't load on Netscape, Voyager or a dozen other non-IE browsers, don't load IE to read it ... send mail to the WEBMASTER saying their page is broken. If the webmaster gets twenty e-mails a day, perhaps they'll get the hint! After all, it's a matter of business. Another point that needs to be made; if you're going to browse the web with a portable device, feature support only eats up precious memory.