LAURIE CAMPBELL spoke thusly to: DICK ROEBELT
LC> DR>    I just wish everyone who has a web page would heed your
LC> DR> advice.   Save the graphics for the products and keep the main
LC> DR> pages for data  (which is why I am there in the first place).
LC>Since designing web pages is one of the services my company offers
LC>our customers, I was most interested in this advice, too.  I
LC>thought it was all right on the money, but so well put and succinct
LC>that I copied it to keep as a handy reference tool.  Often times
LC>customers want so many bells and whistles on their web pages that
LC>we know full well the page will have the opposite effect from the
LC>one they want, and if we do exactly what they say they will be
LC>disappointed in the results and never hire us to do that for 
LC>them again. It's really difficult to explain why having too 
LC>many graphics will be counter productive, plus arguing with a 
LC>customer is a good way to lose a customer. I think the way the 
LC>advice was worded will be extremely helpful in such no win 
LC>situations. 
   In my local newspaper I was reading what the memory requirements 
were just to [efficiently] use the more popular web browsers.  The 
article was titled "Think 32" which meant either upgrade to 32 megs or 
purchase your next computer with that as a min. amt. (for various 
reasons including new OS's).  Browsers are memory hogs.  Plus one can 
bottleneck with the std. graphics card found on most computers which 
have a dinky 1 meg chip on it.
   Your customers have got to realize I (and many others) don't have 
time to waste waiting for the screens to constantly refresh.  They 
should think of their users.  The easier it is to use a site - the 
more popular that site could become.  That includes speed.
   I have 48 megs on a 120 with a USR 28.8 Sportster and I find many 
web pages agonizingly slow.  What of those folks still stuck with a 
14.4?  
   Then I listen to local radio ads by companies that will animate 
your site, etc.  Geez, Louise, I am not going to run out and buy a new 
4 meg video PCI card to see all this crap.  Now we have sites ready to 
send real time video pics, etc.  That may be all well and good, but 
not for the _average_ users.  
   Soapbox mode off.
   Dick
   TheMerc@Juno.com
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