Re: annoying websites

Yeah... and you know what they really like? Pictures... *BIG,* clear,
pictures! So how do we balance load time/picture size to make everyone
happy?

Lauren


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cook, Shelby" <scook(at)equibase.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: annoying websites


> This may have been it's origins but it is mainstream now and the
population
> of the net is quite different today.  Perhaps you are only interested in
> sharing ideas on your websites.  I'm not.  I'm out to gather customers and
> get them to buy something.  Most of them are not web-literate (heck, half
of
> them aren't computer literate).  People are influenced by many things,
> content being only one of them.  Color, size, shape, layout and even fonts
> all have an effect on people, although for most it is subconscious.  Part
of
> gathering my customers is showing them appealing images, colors, etc.
> Visual interest is important in attracting people to your site, content
will
> keep them coming back.  Yes, there are some instances where the content is
> the attractant but for the mainstream user, it also means using all
elements
> of the design to influence your customers into staying long enough to want
> to return (including shiny objects, if warranted).
>
> Shelby Cook
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com [mailto:bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:01 PM
> > To: hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> > Subject: RE: annoying websites
> >
> >
> > Actually, they know they have something worthwhile to say and
> > that they
> > don't have to lure readers in with a bunch of flashy
> > gee-gaws.  The WWW was
> > created to exchange ideas, not to tantalize surfers like a
> > bunch of babies
> > staring at shiny objects.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hough, Jonathan (TWIi London) [mailto:JHough(at)twii.net]
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:05 AM
> > To: 'Michael Wilson'; 'rudy'; hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> > Subject: RE: annoying websites
> >
> >
> > don't you think these jakob nielsens, eric steven raymonds
> > just promote what
> > they call useable sites (ie no graphics, backward compliant)
> > because they
> > can't actually design?
> >

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