RE: DJ Sci-Fi

I also went to that site, and it loaded pretty quick - less than 10 seconds
with a 33.6 connected at 28.8.... maybe the net was bogged down when you
tried?  I dial in from South America into a U.S. server, and sometimes noise
on the line seems to slow me down, but this site seemed real decent.

Armando

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Kathy Siddall
> Sent: Jueves 21 de Enero de 1999 02:17 PM
> To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Re: DJ Sci-Fi
>
>
> I went to the site you suggested and it took nearly 30 seconds to download
> on a 56K modem connected at 33,600. Tons of Ram and memory.
> The site looks good but slow to view.
>
>
> ><true confession>.  It takes real skill to do that - something I have not
> seen a lot
> >of in my surfing adventures so far.  Take a look at
> http://www.joinhand.org/
> >if you want to see a class site (no I didn't do it, but I would
> love to say
> >I did).
>
> >
> ><humour>
> >jeez, I thought killian played hard ball. 12 - 15 seconds max, eh! Do you
> >ever
> >kick back on weekends and let it out to 20?
> ></humour>
> >
> >But now seriously, this does bring up a favourite of mine. I know we all
> say
> >that we don't wait longer than x seconds for a site to load, but do we
> >really do
> >it? How strict is everybody about this. I know I usually wait
> longer if it
> >starts to look interesting, but it has got to be a good front
> page before I
> >go
> >inside a site. Sort of like I'll give you one page to interest me as
> opposed
> >to
> >you've got 15 seconds to impress me with what a quick loading site you've
> >got.
> >
> >- michael a
> >
> >Stephen K. Fisk wrote:
> >
> > My rule of thumb is if a site takes longer than 12-15 seconds to load
> >it may be great looking (and yours looks very good) but I won't be around
> to
> >see it.
> >
> >skf
> >
> >
>

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