Re: http://www.inscodico.com

Hi Susan,

I like the site, nice feel, good taste, but (as you said) slow to load & it
IS the rollovers.

Those big images in the main page take a long time to load.

Do you use an image file compressor such as ULead Smartsaver Pro?  Makes
much difference.

I tried SmartSaver on homesemnew2.gif and converting to .jpg took it down
to 8.3K from 12.0K, with little discernable image quality loss, IMHO.

Don't forget each rollover button has to download both versions of the
image into memory, it's like having twice as many images to download.

I'd make those large images static, zap them with a compression utility and
bobs yer uncle. Have other (small) rollover buttons for those links.

If it's still slow after zapping the file sizes, then you just have to
lessen the number of images.  My benchmark for site home pages is 30K if
if possible. That page is >120K all caused by the images.

And thanks for taking a look at http://1stdomains.co.uk  (get a .uk
domain?)

Regards,
Nico

| Nico,
|
| I think your site looks great - very professional and easy to navigate.
If
| you get a chance could you take a look at http://www.inscodico.com and
let
| me know what you think.  It is loading really slowly -  I think I have
too
| many rollover images.  Any opinions/adive would be appreciated.
|
| Susan
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Nico Morrison [mailto:nmorrison(at)micronicos.com]
| Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 12:38 PM
| To: hwg-critique(at)hwg.org
| Subject: A quick look please: http://1stdomains.co.uk
|
|
| Hi Critiques,
|
| I've never done this before except to ask a couple of friends to have a
| look.
|
| The site is UK commercial, selling UK (& US) domain name registrations &
| web hosting in London, England.
|
| So it's supposed to load fast & have reliable rollovers and look & feel
the
| same in ALL browsers! And have an easy registration form with reliable
| essential data validation (Javascript).
|
| What a hope Eh.  But I wrote it all myself and did most of the images, so
| it's only me that will take the flak.
|
| If someone could take a look I'd be grateful.
|
|
| Regards,
| Nico Morrison - Director
| Micronicos Limited
| London, UK.
|
| 1st Domains UK
| http://1stdomains.co.uk
| Email
| nmorrison(at)micronicos.com
| +44 (0) 181 870 8849 (voice/fax)
| +44 (0) 7803 101 521 (mobile)
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