Hi John,
On my iMac, using Netscape 4.7, the pop-up windows don't function well.
** They require Javascript, which not all users have enabled.
** They block part of the menu item selected.
** They disappear if one clicks on the main window.
** They don't seem to work after the first time. (If I get back to
the home page, the pop-up window remains hidden when I try to recall
it.)
** Pop-up windows have become associated (in my mind at least) with
intrusive ads for things I never want, so my initial reaction to any
pop-up is negative--followed by quick, automatic deletion.
Hope this helps.
Mac
Hello sundial surfers,
Kevin, my webmaster and I finally finished replacing that damn Types
and Prices PDF (in my new website at
<http://www.sundialsculptures.com>www.sundialsculptures.com) with
normal formatting. We used a series of popup windows and put the
graphics in GIF format.
Kevin says that the GIFs make a graphic download in a progressive
sort of way so that when it first starts to download it has horrible
resolution, but as the download progresses, the resolution improves
greatly until the download is complete. A JPEG graphic is not
visible on the screen until the download is finished, then the
graphic appears all at once. I think he used GIFs instead because
the file size is smaller than JPEGs, but I might have misunderstood
him.
I'm not sure I like the slow way GIFs progressively appear on the
screen. And the download time seems longer than JPEGS. (I haven't
tested this though, so it's just a feeling).
Do any of you have any format preference (GIF or JPEG) for websites?
Should we change the graphics to JPEGs? Also, do you think the
popups are user-friendly?
Thanks
John
John L. Carmichael Jr.
Sundial Sculptures
925 E. Foothills Dr.
Tucson Arizona 85718
USA
Tel: 520-696-1709
Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: <<http://www.sundialsculptures.com>http://www.sundialsculptures.com>
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