From: Greg Schmitz (gws1@columbia.edu)
Date: 10/21/03-12:16:03 AM Z
Well, Dave and I agree on something. I tried to view Galina's website
using 3 different browsers on a 100baseT connection: MS-IE, Mozilla
Firebird and Netscape - all appeared to "hang." Based on Dave's comments
I suspect that the site may have been downloading data, but there was no
indication of that (bad design - IMHO).
Unfortunately, too many photographers use Flash - I'm not sure why
that is. The concept behind the WWW was universal accessibility using
standardized conventions for data and display, thus I'm not a fan of
ANY website that requires me to use software which is not in the
public domain to view it (I hate RealPlayer for example).
Macromedia's Flash is IMHO a real a pain if you're on a dial-up
connection or if the bandwidth load is high. Some sites, at least,
give you the opportunity to turn Flash off when you arrive.
I do think Dave's rhetoric was a bit heavy handed (but then my machine
didn't crash) so in Galina's defense I will say that there is a better
than not chance that her site may be faster for folks on the "other
side of the pond." For people not located in Europe I suspect the
site will always be slow as long as it relies on third party software
for it's operation.
-greg schmitz
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Dave Rose wrote:
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>
> If the imagery itself cannot adequately convey that sense of mystery, is
> flash being used as a crutch?
>
> I'm glad that you got something positive out of this website. When my
> computer crashes, as it did accessing this site, my reaction is immediate
> and very negative. When I visit a photographer's website, I want to see
> photographs. I don't want to be assaulted with lame-a$$ music when I've
> already got music playing on my stereo. I don't want to suffer through
> lengthy, interminable downloads. I don't want to be insulted by a confusing
> array of spinning buttons. The extraneous BS on Galina's website does
> nothing but turn me off. Just show me the photos without the annoying
> distractions!
>
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