> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:40 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: poll - How many MS should it take to load a site's home > page? > > On Monday 21 Jan 2008, Dave Watts wrote: > > On the other hand, to be successful, your application simply has to > be no > > slower than your competitors' while providing the same level of > > functionality and reliability.
Speed is very important but experience is moreso. People are definitely willing to invest more (time, money, whatever) for even a perceived gain (In quality, status, whatever). The classic example is Starbucks where (at least for a regular cup of coffee) you pay more and wait more for a cup of coffee that's doesn't test as better than many quickserv chains. It's the experience that keeps them. Speed is important in the CONTEXT of that experience but isn't the SUM of it. Usability is a huge, almost completely overlooked (by most organizations) part of that: people will pay more, suffer lag and accept fewer features to work with a highly usable system. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
