I think though, regardless of access speeds, the target size of pages has rarely changed over the years - 40-60K per page (not including images but ideall it will) with a 2-3 second page load.
Yes, if you know you audience are going to be using 56K modem speeds then aim as low as that, but your sites will be pretty bare bones I am sure - certainly no "RIA". Certainly large corp sites, including Adobes are aimed at higher broadband speeds. I have a 15mb broadband line at home at it still loads dog slow! "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Matt Robertson To: CF-Talk Sent: Fri Jun 15 23:35:36 2007 Subject: Re: Updated Broadband Stats I'm researching broadband acceptance rates in the U.S. right now and I just saw this thread. I came across the stats ref'd in the first post already. Looking around some more I found another source that pegged the number at 60%. Still another gave a 2005 prediction that put us at about 65% in 2007 but that didn't take into account the slowdown in broadband adoption that has occurred since. While Mike's point about aiming for your target audience is well-taken, its also important to take what Rey is saying to heart. How many of us have experienced what life is like on your U.S.-typical 49k dialup lately? Tried it for a week? I was on it for two recently. Do that and it will give you a whole new appreciation of web site bloat. Broadband is far from ubiquitous. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janitor, The Robertson Team mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
