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Hey jjohn,
The lowest common denominator is just that, it's not the Lowest it's the Common that counts. There is a good chance that the majority of surfers, thus the audience you wish to reach, will be on dialup or something comparable. Some ISPs also have a per meg or per minute download fee, so connection speed is not the only thing to consider.
I wonder how many people on the net still use there old AmigaS, I bet there are more than you think.
Your argument sounds pretty close to the Browser Wars, where many authors have been programming to IE only and neglect text browsers entirely and thus screening out 50% of their audience.
A potential suggestion, offer 2 versions of your Dmod. One with MP3s and one with Midi.
Maybe Redink1 could develop a download selection that would allow users to choose between various options in a download. Truecolor/256, MP3/Midi,V1.06/1.08?
Target your audience as you see fit, but it may be less than rewarding to spend months writing an awesome dmod and getting all your songs just right, and find out that only 1 or 2 people took the time to download it.
My2p,
mm.
The lowest common denominator is just that, it's not the Lowest it's the Common that counts. There is a good chance that the majority of surfers, thus the audience you wish to reach, will be on dialup or something comparable. Some ISPs also have a per meg or per minute download fee, so connection speed is not the only thing to consider.
I wonder how many people on the net still use there old AmigaS, I bet there are more than you think.
Your argument sounds pretty close to the Browser Wars, where many authors have been programming to IE only and neglect text browsers entirely and thus screening out 50% of their audience.
A potential suggestion, offer 2 versions of your Dmod. One with MP3s and one with Midi.
Maybe Redink1 could develop a download selection that would allow users to choose between various options in a download. Truecolor/256, MP3/Midi,V1.06/1.08?
Target your audience as you see fit, but it may be less than rewarding to spend months writing an awesome dmod and getting all your songs just right, and find out that only 1 or 2 people took the time to download it.
My2p,
mm.
