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Re: S@H woes
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Tue, 2 Jan 2001 03:12:56 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Erik Olson writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > OK, I've tried to be patient on this but I've had enough.
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> > Whenever I go to Shop @ Home and follow a link to a new page, I have to wait
> > for a good solid 30 seconds while my browser displays a message that says
> > "Please wait, menus being loaded."
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> > It shouldn't take this long. I have 768k DSL.
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> > I suspect it's the .asp files that are the culprit.
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> > Anyone else have this problem?
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> Yes, because of those awful menus, I don't use the website. A real shame.
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> I don't have this problem on some other sites that use menus.
> I bet it's partly the browser.
While I find the site at times somewhat annoying, I don't see THOSE sorts of
delays. what browser are you running? Some Mac thing? I am running IE 5.50
on Win 2000 over dialup, mostly.
BTW (the menus are Javascript, but we know that www.lego.com goes overboard
on flash) I'm starting to think that flash, properly done, can be neato. The
bionicle "game" is a poor man's "Myst", and shows what flash can accomplish.
That's a bit of a recant from my previous stance.
But you still have to make provisions for low speed low tech users. Mac
users, for example. :-)
++Lar
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Guess what? Those S@H menus don't work in IE 4 either. (Time to upgrade?) It turns out, IE 4 can't even be used on Microsoft's website anymore because too many links are implemented as javascript actions instead of, um, links. For instance, it's (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: S@H woes
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| (...) Ah, great. More computer bigotry. Thanks. Very helpful. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Yes, because of those awful menus, I don't use the website. A real shame. I don't have this problem on some other sites that use menus. I bet it's partly the browser. (23 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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