Absolutly. This is always something I strive towards - good, optimised sites.
Under UK law it is actually illegal to create a website that deprives the user access through accessibility. I believe this shoukd also includes not only any disabilities, but also their connection ability. Many families who have lower incomes, may not be able to afford up-to-date PC's with superfast connections. Should they be punished because a designer is lazy and does not optimise their site? Many bigger companies who you think could afford good design are some of the worst offenders. It is every designer and programmers duty to try and keep a site as small as possible through many simple techniques - optimising images, html, css and js code. Using server-side caching and compression (gzip) not only improves the client experience, but can help many sites cut down their bills by reducing th bandwidth used. I have a 'magic' figure of 500kb - this is what I aim for on 75% of my sites pages. That should take someone on a 56k modem no more than 10 seconds to load. I know there are times I am going to go over that, but if I can limit it to as little as possible, rather than making that the norm I'm happy. On 6/15/07, Benjamin Sterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good find Rey. -- Benjamin Sterling http://www.KenzoMedia.com http://www.KenzoHosting.com
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