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JAMES CARLINI WROTE:
> I believe monitor size is NOT as important as modem
> speed. How fast the page fills up is Much more
> important.
>
> How long MUST I wait? To many designers design for
> glitz rather than speed. Not everyone has a T1 access.
>
> 28.8, 56K, ISDN, T1.......what are you designing for?
> What's the common denominator? 28.8 or 56K?....surely
> not T1!
I know that, for me, this is a major issue that I've
been trying to get across (unfortunately, some people
don't understand speed over flash). While I'm not sure
if it's more important to everyone (sites designed by
someone using 800x600 or 1024x768 might be difficult to
view for those using 640x480), it's definitely a key
issue and a top priority (or at least should be). One
thing to note is that upgrading the resolution is much
less hassle than upgrading to a faster net connection,
which won't happen overnight (unlike res adjustments,
which take seconds).
I work with a few dozen webmasters and have been
noticing an alarming trend over the course of the past
few months. More and more web sites are popping up (or
being redesigned) that have a lot of (too many?)
graphics in them. More often than not, when I ask a
webmaster in this situation what their connection to
the internet is, their response is cable modem. This
shows that they're ignoring anyone who isn't at their
same connection speed, and since they're in the
minority (unlike those webmaster designing for 800x600
or above, who are in the majority), they're definitely
running a larger risk.
Cable, DSL, T1, and/or something else that's speedy may
be the way of the future. However, it's important to
remember for now that the average person is on a
28.8-56k. (Upgrades are coming, but it's not as easy as
adjusting the monitor setting.) As James seemed to
imply, if you make people wait, they might not.
Shane Sacobie
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Received on Tue Feb 08 2000 - 02:35:50 CST
