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Re: Picture file sizes
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Date: 
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 03:39:27 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:44:01 GMT, "Larry Pieniazek" <lpien@ctp.com>
wrote:
While I LOVE ULV-17, the model and the site, I would have liked it better if it
had about 1/3 to 1/4 as many pages, same number of images.

That's my opinion. I KNOW others differ and you can't please everyone. Put it
in your input hopper and stir it around.

I gnawed on that question for a while.  Finally I opted for fewer
pictures per page just to keep it cleaner, with less scrolling
required.
I also attempted to balance the image loading times with the average
time taken to read the descriptive text, thereby achieving a synergy
of written comprehension and visual discovery. (1)

Page design sure is a learning process.  And a pain in the butt.

-- Terry K --
(1) How's that for a load of B.S.?  :-)



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  Re: Picture file sizes
 
(...) Yup. Keep in mind that there is a strong contingent in your readership that doesn't really care for thumbnails. I want to see your page, laid out and designed to present the information to me in a coherent story, not just a grid of thumbnails (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.publish)

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