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Troy@McNemar.com (T. Troy McNemar) wrote in 
<84n8osokok7103e0hglr26033j8e3jtars@4ax.com>:

>Previously on az.sf, CuCon@casfs.org (Jim Strait) wrote:
>
>>I would be interested in opinions of the new CopperCon 21 page. 
>
>These comments aren't intended to be hostile.  Just frank statements about
>some things that didn't work for me and some suggestions about what I'd
>like to see in future incarnations of the page.
>
>I don't like embedded music on web pages.  I'm almost always listening to
>music on my computer, and a web page with an embedded song interferes.  I
>recommend axing the Thunderbirds theme.  Or, at least, making it something
>that the user voluntarily elects to play.

I have heard this comment before.  But I don't happen to agree with it.  Every 
page I surf to that starts music playing like that impresses me.  And more 
importantly it sets a mood I was after.  Dry facts on a page can't do that.  It 
is like a movie with no background music.  However, since many are annoyed by 
the music, I put the controls to stop it near the top.

>
>The dancing penguins and the bowing genie don't serve any purpose and
>should be eliminated.  Animated .gifs on web pages quickly wear out their
>novelty value.

I felt, again, that they helped set the mood for what I was trying to say in 
the portion of the page they were on.  They also attract attention beyond a 
list of facts.   And they are 100% novelty value, so losing that value is 
equivalent to not having them.  In the mean time they served their purpose.  As 
it is, the penguins were the favorite part of the page for the Con chairman.

>
>I'm just a casual SF fan.  The reason that I've never been to a convention
>in the Valley area is that no advertising or other publicity that I've
>seen has ever convinced me that I'd enjoy myself enough to justify the
>admission fee.  I believe it's to your benefit to let potential newcomers
>know what goes on at a convention.  In other words, show me what I'm
>missing by not going.

I had not considered an explanation of the various areas under their 
references.  Thank you.  I usually explain it verbally to those that ask about 
cons. 

>
>I think--by listing blurbs of activities--you did a better job of giving
>the viewer an idea of what goes on at a convention than was done on the
>Copper Con 20 page.  I'd like to see you expand these blurbs into actual
>descriptions, perhaps with photographs.  What are some examples of panel
>discussions?  What sorts of merchandise can I find in the dealer's area?
>Julian May has a fan base that will come to see him, but what do you have
>for people like me who have never read Julian May?
>


I was planning on providing more web reference info on the guests as I found 
them.  We have had this on other CopperCon pages in the past, Did it make a 
difference to you when we have in the past?  What could I tell you about 
CopperCon that would make you want to attend (short of lieing about it or 
changing the Con)?  Backgroung, history, pictures, attendees, samples of 
guests, testimonials, explanations, puzzles or amusements combined with the 
above?



----- Jim Strait, CopperCon 21
	E-Mail: CuCon@CASFS.org
	Web Page: http://www.casfs.org/cucon