Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-02 Thread Dejan Kozina
No, I was afraid of what could I find inside. Been hard enough to convince my customer I was not going to take it as an example. Since then I've learned not to ask prospective clients what kind of website they would like to have... Bennie Shepherd wrote: Did ya sign up so you could enter? :o)

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Jonathan T. Sage wrote: hear hear! take a look at google with a term like '3 click rule'. Use a splash screen, and you've limited yourself to delivering your product in 2 clicks. that's a challange. Not to mention, if you use something fancy like flash for the splash screen, 9 times out of 10,

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Kornel Lesinski
I try to explain to clients (and designers...) that user always knows where he got to - people just don't type random adresses :) Site design should already have logo and corporate look'n'feel so such splash screen basically has no information on meaningful content. Visitors seeking

RE: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day 1. They want to use a full page graphic Splash Screen, which displays the brand in all its glory before the user can enter the site. My opinion: * Waste of space * Waste of bandwidth (at the server and user's end) * Annoying. I don't have stats on it, but know many people who get

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
Patrick - On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 08:41:27 +, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan T. Sage wrote: hear hear! take a look at google with a term like '3 click rule'. Use a splash screen, and you've limited yourself to delivering your product in 2 clicks. that's a challange.

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Dejan Kozina
I guess this one wins the gold medal: http://www.italdenim.com. Bert Doorn wrote: Bailout rates up to 71% have been reported with some splash pages. -- Dejan Kozina Web Design Studio Dolina 346 (TS) I-34018 Trst/Trieste - Italy tel./fax: +39 040 228 436 cell.: +39 348 7355 225

RE: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Sam Hutchinson
in Nav, Splash Screens. I guess this one wins the gold medal: http://www.italdenim.com. Bert Doorn wrote: Bailout rates up to 71% have been reported with some splash pages. -- Dejan Kozina Web Design Studio Dolina 346 (TS) I-34018 Trst/Trieste - Italy tel./fax: +39 040 228 436 cell.: +39

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Warren Puckett
Yep, I think it breaks all the rules alright. Don't show Nielsen, he might have a stroke. Yikes! On 1/12/04 6:19 pm, Dejan Kozina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess this one wins the gold medal: http://www.italdenim.com. Bert Doorn wrote: Bailout rates up to 71% have been reported with

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Tom Livingston
I've heard of gathering info for contact databases, but that has to be the worst implementation i've ever seen. What does that company do? I guess this one wins the gold medal: http://www.italdenim.com. Bert Doorn wrote: Bailout rates up to 71% have been reported with some splash pages. -- Dejan

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Bennie Shepherd
Did ya sign up so you could enter? :o) On 12/1/2004 1:19:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess this one wins the gold medal: http://www.italdenim.com. Bert Doorn wrote: Bailout rates up to 71% have been reported with some splash pages. -- Dejan Kozina Web Design Studio Dolina 346

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Curtis
I've heard of gathering info for contact databases, but that has to be the worst implementation i've ever seen. What does that company do? Apparently, they gather info for contact databases. -- Ben Curtis WebSciences International http://www.websciences.org/ v:

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Tom Livingston
Ha! I bet they're not gathering much! I've heard of gathering info for contact databases, but that has to be the worst implementation i've ever seen. What does that company do? Apparently, they gather info for contact databases. -- Ben Curtis WebSciences International

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-12-01 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
and as a side note - if you (royal you, not directed to anybody in particular on this list) are ever going to use a 'loading' graphic... for the love of everything right, let 100% mean it. The bars that start over hurt my soul... ~j On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:46:19 -0500, Tom Livingston [EMAIL

[WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-11-30 Thread Matt
Hi Everyone, I am setting up a sports website for a client, where all of the content is in Article format which rotates regularly - essentially a news type site. I am determined to build the site in valid XHTML/CSS. I am debating with their designers about 2 things: 1. They want to use a full

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-11-30 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
Matt - On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:23:49 +1100, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am setting up a sports website for a client, where all of the content is in Article format which rotates regularly - essentially a news type site. I am determined to build the site in valid XHTML/CSS. excellent! I

Re: [WSG] Images in Nav, Splash Screens.

2004-11-30 Thread Neerav
Use Andy King's article at http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/splash/ he definitely isnt old school In the end however, they may ignore you. Thats their choice. As long as you've stated your objections in documentation they can't blame you later when the problems you predict