[thelist] OT: Slower Modems,does it matter?
Morbus Iff
morbus at disobey.com
Fri Feb 22 12:25:01 CST 2002
>But what was said to me in the conversation was the people who have the
>slower modems don't care how long the browser takes to load what ever it is
>they want to look at, that's why they are still on the slower modems.
>
>Is this a general feeling among clients and do they actually care about how
>fast or slow the downloading of their web site takes for people with slower
>modem?.
I tend to agree with this. Kinda.
- I have a 56k modem (a good one, not one of those
ones that runs slower than most 33.6 modems).
- I'm on a T1 at work 9 hours a day. I know what
speed feels like. Still, I have no desire to
go faster than 56k at home.
- When I'm online, I'm doing tons of things at once.
I don't notice any wait, because I'm busy doing
something else (ie. I start loading a large page,
I go chat in IRC. I start downloading email
attachments, I start responding to someone else).
Multitasking at its finest. I'm never waiting.
But!
- I *do not* think you should apply this logic to
all your intended audience. It's simply not a
good idea - it could be the bestest thing in the
world but if some house husband is weary boned
and staring at a computer complacently, a slow
moving progress meter is not a happy substitute.
- Likewise, I'm assuming you're sending HTML email
(ie., if it were a plain text newsletter, it would
have to be HUUUuGUGGGe to cause waiting). You
should be careful about HTML email in general.
That's a whole 'nother issue which I won't go into.
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