Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild on sun 24 feb 02
Couldn't agree more! You know all those little flaws in your pots
that you see but the buyer is never aware of? The same is true
of compressed photos! Sure you want your work to look good, but
the viewer will be a lot less critical of image quality than you are.
The site visitor will, however, be very aware of wait time. I have
managed sites getting millions of visit per month. Our statistics
showed that by TEN SECONDS, almost half the visitors gave up and
left.
So use a good compression program, and compress a little more than
you think you should.
By the way, I highly recommend Adobe ImageReady. It lets you see
the compressed and uncompressed images side by side as you tune the
compression.
At 6:31 PM -0600 2/23/02, Martin Rice wrote:
>I'd just like to suggest that you use a super powerful jpeg compression
>program on your pics. It can make an absolutely fantastic difference in loa=
d
>time. I use something called Advanced Jpeg Compressor and I think it's
>really great, but there are a great many programs out there that do
>excellent compression. Taking the time to do this will ensure that you loos=
e
>many fewer viewers than you will if your pics are not well compressed.
>Regards,
>Martin
>Lagunas de Bar=99, Costa Rica
>www.rice-family.org
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sharon Villines"
>To:
>Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 7:04 AM
>Subject: Re: [CLAYART] Web Page question
>
>
>=20 > > Is the 30-second download time made on a high-speed computer with D=
SL,
>or is
>=20 > > this made on a conventional computer, with a rural phone line modem=
?
>Many of
>=20 > > the best webpages that fit your description sometimes takes longer =
out
>here
>=20 > > in the Mojave Desert!
>=20 >
>=20 > It means 30 seconds for the average user. Computers have come a long =
way
>and
>=20 > most of the old clunky PCs have been retired but ....
>=20 >
>=20 > Think about your intended audience -- each web page has a different
>"average
>=20 > user."
>=20 >
>=20 > If your market is primarily graphic designers who are likely to be wo=
rking
>=20 > on high end machines with good connections, then you can use that
>standard.
>=20 > If your market is more general, you will probably want to use the 56k
>modem
>=20 > standard. Most web programs will give you the statistics for each=
speed of
>=20 > connection -- but be careful. Some only measure the basic page. You m=
ay
>need
>=20 > to measure each graphic separately.
>=20 >
>=20 > People will generally expect an artist's pages to download a bit slow=
er
>=20 > because they are there to look at pictures but adding animations may =
not
>be
>=20 > a very good idea. Putting one or two photos on the homepage with
>explanatory
>=20 > text may be a better idea than hitting the user with a full page of
>pictures
>=20 > and no information. They may leave before the second one downloads. T=
ext
>=20 > loads faster and they can read it while the pictures are catching up.
>=20 >
>=20 > 30 seconds seems like a very short time but in web surfing, all the 1=
or 2
>=20 > minutes plus the pages that stall, add up very fast. If a page doesn'=
t
>load
>=20 > quickly, I often move on because it may not load at all and I've=
wasted my
>=20 > time. Or it may even be a bad page that will crash my computer.
>=20 >
>=20 > Sharon.
>=20 > --
>=20 > Sharon Villines
>=20 > Arts Coach
>=20 > http://www.artscoach.ws
>=20 >
>=20 >
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Webmaster, Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild
http://www.ovcag.org/
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