Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 29, 2006, at 8:29 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >>>>> ?www.bdcolenphoto.com >> >> I think that this site is a very good example of why NOT to use Flash. >> >> I see the "Loading..." thing, it takes too many seconds for anything >> to appear, I click away. >> >> Flash may be pretty but if you want as many viewers as possible, >> don't use it. > > > I think most web users are familiar enough with flash and its quirks > that they won't click away when seeing a "loading" on their screen - > B.D.'s doesn't take long at all on my machine with my connection, and I > can't imagine it takes a prohibitive amount of time on lesser > machines/connections. > B. D.s site loads in 10 seconds on my Mac running Safari. But then I have a high speed cable connection. By actual measurement it runs about 50 times faster than my old dial up connection on AOL. I can understand why anyone who waited 8 minutes for the site to load might find it tedious. Larry Z