On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Ivan M wrote: > Hi Maarten, > > > I'm actually pro using that script, and not reinventing the wheel. I > > agree 20KB is nothing. But some may think that for 'just fx' it is a bit > > too much? > > It doubles the size of the current design, and with Graham's reply > from the marketing list, I'm wondering whether we should use it at all > - partially because everything would break without JavaScript - > without it enabled, the user wouldn't be able to get anywhere (a > href="#"), but more importantly, if sub-pages are intended (pages > in-between clicking I want to learn more about OpenOffice.org and > why.openoffice.org), then this virtually eliminates the need for the > additional content.
There are ways to make a page degrade gracefully so that it works with and without javascript enabled. > > > I think that new users need this maybe bit lengthy information to feel > > more confident. Experienced users don't need this at all. You are right > > about the fact that in that case we don't need the accordion effect... I > > like the effect myself as well... but we should use it only when its use > > is justified. > > This is a great point - the additional content should not be very > large, nor should it be so small that the user doesn't have confidence > that the link they will click is where they want to go (this is > exactly what we're trying to avoid!). At 20KB, the homepage will load > almost instantly for anyone. I'm not sure if the extra 20K bytes is a real issue. What is the baseline speed we can presume for our prospective customers? If it's 300 baud, then clearly 20K is far too much. If it's 9600 baud, it may be acceptable. > If the sub-pages load as quickly, then we could avoid JavaScript > altogether. In other words, if the sub-page will load as quickly as > the accordion animation then this is far more important than a flashy > animation effect, as nice as it might look. The only exception might > be the Search | Change Language | Log In tab combo - that will require > some form of JavaScript, but it should be far less a problem than the > accordion. > > - Ivan. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- J. David Eisenberg http://catcode.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
