From: Clay (wcharmon@wt.net)
Date: 10/21/03-04:51:58 AM Z
The website worked fine on my Mac. It even made me an espresso. May be
some platform issue.
Clay
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 01:16 AM, Greg Schmitz wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> ==== much delete: snip%<
>
>>
>> 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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