Re: [PLUG] Switching from Cable to DSL

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On 22 Apr, 2004, at 18:43, Bob Schwier wrote:
> Okay, I just wish those of you blessed with DSL or cable lines have 
> some
> sympathy for those of us with really crummy landlines when you write
> programs for web sites.  I'm getting tired of forever loads. Part of my
> personal problem is that my browser conveniently rejects those popup 
> ads
> but doesn't tell me that while trying to dredge up the site.  It has
> increased to twenty minutes to get some sites.
> This is a real drag.

This is a web-site design problem.

I guess I've been on the net to long, but I'm a firm believer in the 
KISS web design philosophy. (Keep it Simple Stupid.) I also have a bad 
habit of believing that not only should a web-site be "handicapped 
accessible," but that it should also be viewable in a "text only" 
browser, and still provide meaningful content.

There are far to many "Java cute" or "Flashie" websites today where you 
spend "hours" downloading "active content" before anything is 
displayed. This has a particularly bad effect with Cable systems (at 
least Comecast) or other ISPs where they depend upon page caching to 
provide "fast download" times. [That caching technology is very 
different from Akami.]

These sites may be "really cool" with fancy 3D graphics and all kinds 
of hot rollovers, but they are really, really S L O W.  ... especially 
if you make a habit of purging your local browser cache.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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