Re: Specify loading order of JPGs?

"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have another Luigi here, asks questions but really does not want any
answers. Screw the 1% 15% JavaScript enabled debate, what percentage of
people do you think have access to broadband? 2-3MB pages are just way too
much and are not *cutting-edge* web design but it is just ... (well I'll
be kind) misguided and naive. If you want to produce an interactive
multimedia show then send me a CD not a link on a webpage. I build
commerce sites and yes folks like them to be visually attractive, but what
most people want when they shop online is convenience. Simple, clear and
fast otherwise they'd hop in the car and go shopping.

The site is currently in beta and the entire reason we started this thread
was to learn ways to make the page loading more convenient, so we don't
really understand your comments that we do not want answers.

Obviously we do not want answers that say 'don't build this web page' or
'don't make it this way'. That is just negative. We are still refining the
page loading to speed it up a lot.

But we don't accept that waiting a minute for a page to load would be
quicker for people than getting in the car and driving into town, parking,
maybe getting out the umbrella, pushing through crowds, carrying heavy bags,
etc. We hope you appreciate our point. But we agree, we need to make the
page loading better and more acceptable to the user, which is the entire
reason for our question.

Vincent and Brian gave us very nice answers to the actual question, which we
are currently researching. Sorry to disappoint you about this Luigi fellow!

There is a balance here. Some people like the initial way the site
brings you to the street, visually and audibly. Take away the audio and
you lose one of the senses that you couldn't avoid on the street. Do
you wear earplugs when shopping?


Did you ever consider that the person may be using a public computer? I
manage computers at our county libraries, noise can be an issue.

You have speakers on the library computer? Strange thing to do. But yes,
obviously we considered many factors which is why we made it 25% as quiet as
normal sounds, and put a clear 'sound off' speaker button right there on the
page.

No it is an annoyance. "Digitally watermarked" really means nothing to the
pilferer unless they have the Digimarc plugin and professional graphic
software. If you think the watermark is going to be a deterrent better
think again. As an artist I am will aware if copyright and images and
other than publishing your copyright statement the only way to real way to
protect your images is don't publish them on the web. Oh, you may have
found a third, make them so frigging big that the potential pilferer gives
up and leaves your site before the images are even download to their
cache!

Thanks for your feedback. Again, the subject of this thread should make it
clear to you we agree. This site is pre-launch and we are here to refine
that. It is great that Brian and Vincent were willing to help us with
answers.

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