Re: AN: GuruGram #68 now available for free download...

Don Lancaster (don@xxxxxxxxxx) writes:
Don Lancaster wrote:
Eeyore wrote:


Don Lancaster wrote:


via http://www.tinaja.com/glib/techinov.pdf

It is on the fundamental secrets behind tech innovation.

Other GuruGrams at http://www.tinaja.com/gurgrm01.asp



When *are*you going to sort out your website ?

It's an utter MESS !

Graham


You probably have your web preferences set wrong.
Be sure text size is normal and underlining is off.
With no overrides.



The other possibility is that you are confusing your WebTV with your
Etch-a-Sketch.

Our website is purposely kept on the "classic" or "retro" side and is
not in any manner intended for use with limited bandwdith browsers or
displays.

Firefox over a high bandwidth link is strongly recommended.

Wait a minute.


"Classic" and "retro" implies it can be used by old browsers.

The key to any website is getting the information out. When bloat
and gloss gets in the way, then that limits who can get that
information. The most outrageous sites I've seen tell people
they can't get in unless they have a certain type of browser (which
is actually a step worse than a webpage that is arranged for a certain
level of browser, but still lets people in no matter what).

When a website expects the browser to be able to handle the latest
extensions, and expects people to have a high speed connection, usually
there is something wrong with the website. Rarely is there a good
reason for all that gloss and flash. It's usually because whoever
made the website was more interested in showing off their skills
than in delivering the information. And often those people are third
parties, divorced from the actual content so they don't know the
end user or care.

Note there is a big difference between having a graphic image to
convey something important, like a schematic of something you are
explaining, than a big glossy button to press to get to the next
page. The former says a lot because that would be the purpose
of the webpage, the latter just wastes people's time as the glossy
button is downloaded to the browser. The designer often thinks
it shows how good he is, or that gloss is needed to "convey the
message", but it is just more bloat.

Unless the gloss and flash actually gives something, it should
never be used.

I've wasted way too much time over the years waiting for webpages
to load when they had really nothing to say. I've been turned
away from webpages, either by deliberate messages telling me
to use a different browser, or simply pages that won't work
with my browser at all, when the groups with those webpages
can ill-afford to limit who sees their webpages. I've waited
for massive graphic files to load, only to find there is nothing
on that page, it's merely a title page and I have to click to
the next (clueless people who think a webpage is like a billboard
or magazine cover, that needs to attract attention from among
the competition the reality is that everyone who gets to a webpage
already has some reason to go there). I've seen webpages that don't
fit the topic or group, because that third party guy has done it
and implemented it as a template that doesn't fit the topic or
group. I've seen people get carried away with the concept of
hyperlinks, layering and layering information so in order to
get content one has to go way down, when a lot of opening webpages
should be like the covers of National Geographic Magazine before
the sixties, ie the front page had no gloss, it was merely the index
to the rest.

Michael

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