[OT] website design

From: "Rob Harper" <stateofmind@breathemail.net>

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Terry Austin wrote in message...
> Website fact-o-life #2: Telling someone to upgrade their
> browser to view your page - or to reset their video
> resolution, or anything else - is the fastest and
> surest way to ensuring they never, ever, ever come
> back.
>
> Design for 640x480, 256 colors, and test it on a 14.4 modem.

Amen to that.

Having said that, what specifications you design for has to depend on
what your website's target audience is.  If you are trying to provide
information to as many people as possible, it seems sensible to design
under the restrictions you suggest, plus to allow for the fact that
people may be using Lynx, or at least will have their browser ignore
graphics.

On the other hand, if your site is aimed at computer gamers, being
flashy is OK.

Me?  I play Tetris.
--
Rob
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State of Mind [Games By Post and Delusions of Grandeur]
Please check out my new (and unfinished) website
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References

Re: Map Generator....
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Map Generator....
Tim Parton <timdadm@indy.net>
Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
canute@gridpointgames.com (Canute Bigler)
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
canute@gridpointgames.com (Canute Bigler)
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Map Generator....
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Map Generator....
Tim Parton <timdadm@indy.net>
Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
canute@gridpointgames.com (Canute Bigler)
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
canute@gridpointgames.com (Canute Bigler)
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000