On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Sue Gardner
<sgardner(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
No, they
are going to follow the link "If you can't see this video
click here" and install the viewer. You just then need to get some
video into some mainstream articles. Wikipedia then has just
single-handily expanded the install base for Theora, and it's down the
slippery slope to widespread adoption.
Do we have any evidence to support this?
To the more general question of "Does this approach work for anyone?",
absolutely yes: Thats how flash was adopted. Sites said 'click-here'.
People clicked.
It's also how viruses and spyware become so prevalent - people
generally don't understand what's going on and just do what they're
told.