Re: Splash Pages [was Front Pages]

All,

for some interesting and enlightening material on this subject, try Jakob
Nielson's site at www.useit.com.  Of course if you are determined to agree
it will be superfluous, and if you are determined to disagree you will find
it pernicious!<grin>

Sincerely,

Mike Burks
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McGee, Jr. <cmj(at)airmail.net>
To: hwg-theory(at)hwg.org <hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>
Date: Sunday, August 30, 1998 3:01 AM
Subject: Re: Splash Pages [was Front Pages]


>At 06:16 PM 8/28/98 -0700, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>>At 06:34 p.m. 08/28/98 -0500, Chuck McGee, Jr. wrote:
>>>Much like the statistics thread ... can you rightly tell us that "you"
know
>>>what the average user or typical user does on a regular basis?  What
their
>>>surfing habits are?  If so, I'd love to see the method in which you
>>>collected those statistics.
>>
>>Lots of reading on the habits of new users and studies about web
>>surfers.
>>
>That's a valid answer ... not entirely dismissed by myself during my daily
>readings of course ... I just don't see the trends that you appear to see.
>Much more so after reading the last four days of -theory mail related to
>this particular topic.
>
>>However, since you're falling into the somewhat abrasive tone above,
>>I'm not inclined to continue this particular thread with you any
>>further; have a :) day!
>>
>Yeah right ... I find it hard to believe that you would run away from
>adversity (or from someone who has had obvious disagreements with you in
>the past and has yet to refrain from enlightening me with the masterful,
>and choice sets of collective words) ... you've never seemed to be short of
>pompous responses with every key you press in the past ... why stop now?
>Most especially since you enjoy it so much *g* ... I asked if you could
>share your statistics that shows to prove your theory on the habits of new
>or inexperienced users ... that question still stands ... would you care to
>provide your self proclaimed knowledge on the subject that appears to elude
>the vast majority of current "listeners" ... <intentional sarcasm>or is
>this going to be another one of those threads that die out with you saying
>you know "what's up", but feel that you need not provide substantial
>evidence to support that theory?</intentional sarcasm>
>
>/end
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