RE: BreastCare Magazine (please critique)

by "Demitrius" <iam(at)demitrius.com>

Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:03:47 -0800
To:	"Denise Sergent" <denise_sergent(at)hotmail.com>, <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
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Hi Denise,

Site critiqued:  http://www.breastcaremagazine.com
Viewed with a P133, 48kbps, 640x480 @24bit, MSIE 4.0

I like the layout and design! Very nice. The tone and presentation are
wonderful.

> The site is at and is in the VERY beginning stages of development.

I'd like to see mouseOvers on the left navigation in the final version.

> My main concern: LOAD TIME!

It's not acceptable right now. But you can make it much better. What's with
w6b.JPG? It's 30k by itself! I'm sure this is an oversight.

> My client is adamant about leaving the huge and heavy graphic on the
> opening page...

Unfortunate. IMO, the graphics need to be physically smaller and perhaps
have their color depth reduced further.

Oh, geeze! anibanner.gif at 75k? Seventy-five?! Sorry this needs to be put
through Ulead's GIF Animator or one of the online GIF file reducers. That
animation should not be over 8 or 9k.

Again, I like the look and feel, but IMO you need to tweak the graphics so
as to reduce the file sizes.

Best,
Demitrius >I<
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