[ 60K ] RE: [thelist] File size limit?

nate nate at vicksburgcollective.com
Sat Jun 2 21:48:13 CDT 2001


what everyone is saying is true: lighter is better, people _still_ on
dialup, cater to your audience.

all that said tho, i'll put out there that the new benchmark is 60K. i
almost never build a site under 40K. the most common sign-off i get from
clients is 60K. If it's snazzy, 80-100 is the high end. If you want to pin
me down tho, i'd say a site should weight 60K.

I'm talking about professional, highly-designed, info-rich sites.

When starting a project, it's a fun exercise to put competitors sites into
http://websitegarage.netscape.com/ and see what they weigh. You'd be amazed
how many sites tip the scales at 120-150K.

I think it's worth noting that it's possible for mr. x's site to weight 60K
and load/render much faster that mr. y's 60K site.

happy saturday everyone,
nate

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[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of richard winter
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Subject: Re: [thelist] File size limit?


agreed..
im usually at a 28.8 and im in the shadow of microsoft
flash is the worse..


rick


At 01:15 PM 6/2/01 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 14:45:20 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >i'm writing this while connected via a 33.6 modem... i'm so sick of
> >fatter and fatter pages that i surf with images turned off for the most
> >part, and backpedal out of Flash pages (not just file size, but CPU
> >cycles)...
> >
> >granted, i may be the only person on this list using a 4.5-year-old
> >machine, but hey, i'm out there...
>
>Due to attenuated phone lines, I average about 26k when connecting.
>The kicker is that I live within 25 miles of the high-tech mecca
>Seattle.  Large sites rarely hold my attention of 30 seconds f they
>take to long to load..........
>
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