DIY web site design

[Jim Patchell]

    My personal preference is to have schematics in PDF format.
Anything that keeps a web page slow for us who have dialups is bad.
Some web pages are obviously created by people who have a T1 or equiv
hookup.

Doug Tymofichuk wrote:

> This may be a bit off-topic, but here goes anyways;
>
> For a DIY website what is the preferred format? Should
> Schematics/Graphics/Pictures be displayed on the same page
> as the descriptive text to facilitate easy printing and
> saving, or should they be accessed through links, to keep
> the main page loading time down?
>
> I have been spoiled by having a fast connection at work,
> but now that I am using an ordinary modem at home for
> access, I'm realising just how much of a pain in the butt
> all those graphics can be. Any thoughts/preferences?

    Pain is good!  But not if you are on the recieving end of it.

    Having a page that you have to go through to get somewhere else that
loads real slow is annoying.  My personal belief is that if the page is
going to load slow, it should go nowhere.

>
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> Doug Tymofichuk
> dougt at cancerboard.ab.ca

    -Jim