Comment They do what every other retail store does... (Score 5, Insightful) 104
They do what every other retail store does for discounts.
They do what every other retail store does for discounts.
This is what I consider Fake News. Someone is seriously concerned about the meta data in their image files taking up space? Are they still using floppy disks? How is a few MB of meta data considered bloat? Dumb
A lot of times group brainstorming sessions are less about generating new ideas and more about making an open environment to get team members to communicate and share their ideas.
That concept only makes sense in certain situations... What about video or photo editing. Sure you can process photos programatically, but what about making someones arm pop out of focus or rotoscoping and the like. A great GUI with a the capabilities to record actions such as in Adobes Photoshop definitely make for a powerful tool when the user doesn't have to learn or write any code or scripts whatsoever...
Judging a site based on the thinking that "YOU" are the target audience is the wrong way to judge it. Disney.com does a fabulous job for its target market using flash. I'd argue one of the best flash web sites around.
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