Hi Denise,

Load time was not as bad as I expected from your message.

Suggestions:

1. The "arty" pic does not have a lot of detail - you could easily make it
smaller without losing any of the effect.
2. The bg is problematic - the banner is ant-aliased for white and so
looks scraggy at the right end; the beginning of the white text below it
is hard to read against the pale green. This kind of gradient bg is a bit
old-hat and doesn't look professional - rather try plain white or a pale
green. Another problem with the bg is that if you make your window wider,
you'll see that the pic goes off the d. green and onto the white - doesn't
look good. That could also be fixed by a fixed-width table.
3. I found the purple links difficult to read - not sure why. I think the
font is too chunky to be used at such a small size - try a cleaner, more
open font.

No time to look any further into the site.

HTH
- Lynnsey 

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On 1/6/99, at 8:49 AM, Denise Sergent wrote: 

>Greetings all,
>
>Have a brand new site to share... and I would certainly appreciate any 
>and all expert opinions.  The site is at 
>http://www.breastcaremagazine.com, and is in the VERY beginning stages 
>of developement.
>
>My main concern: LOAD TIME!
>
>My client is adamant about leaving the huge and heavy graphic on the 
>opening page... the magazine is very "artsy", with original work by a 
>well know artist throughout the pages.  It's important to have the 
>website reflect the look and feel of it, but I'm afraid I've compromised 
>the load time in the process.
>
>Anyway, as usual, I need my favorite group once again.  Thanks!
>
>Sincerely,
>Denise
>
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