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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