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Jim Strait <CuCon@casfs.org> wrote:
: 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.

Well, Jim, I think you'd better study some Web design, then.

I don't mean HTML and Java and all that: I mean human interface. 

If I didn't have DSL at home, I would not have waited for the Web site to
load at my old speed of 28.8 to 32KBPS (which was what I was getting 
with the lines I had pre DSL).  Also, I often turn JavaScript off.
Sometimes I log in to a site text-only.

Understand: I'm not saying don't have graphics and sound. I -am- saying
that there are proven ways to have a more effective Web experience.

Try this Web site for specifics:

  www.asktog.com

That site is run by Bruce Tognazzini (I've just messed up his name, I'm
sure...) who is a user-interface specialist with 20 years experience.
Lots of good stuff there - most of it easy to implement.

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