Mellotronists

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
To: "Mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Website update


> Lots of my webhead friends mock me for the simplicity of my webdesign, but
I
> have received emails from people I've never met thanking me for having a
> site that displayed properly on whatever machine they were using,
regardless
> of size, speed and vintage.
>
> www.ictband.com is a good example - I just yesterday got an email from
some
> wanna-be webmaster telling me that he could make my site "cooler" with
lots
> of Flash animations and intense graphics so that all our friends and
> groupies would be impressed.  He completely missed the point.  The site is
> about marketing my band to the widest base without dramatically targeting
or
> turning off any particular democratic.  Vanilla?  Yes, but I can send
anyone
> to the site and not worry they will be offended, upset, or locked out by
> lack of technology.  Living here in Kansas where there's a lot of space
> between the occasional outbreaks of "civilization" (such as it is around
> here) I have learned that lots of folks here still do dial-up, often by
AOL
> or NetZero, and many of them are using Windows 98 or even 95!  One way or
> the other, it's wise to look out for your own best interests simply by
> paying attention to the needs of your prospective clients.

Couldn't agree more - my site is determinedly low-tech, with the only
problems caused by sheer page size. Yeah, OK, so it's not as pretty as it
could be, but a sympathetic background/text colour combination and font type
make up for a lot. Now, if only I could find someone who'd do me some decent
graphics without charging me a fortune...

Andy T.