|  | Posted by dorayme on 05/28/05 03:39 
> From: Leonard Blaisdell <leo@greatbasin.com>
 > In article <BEBC9592.12092%dorayme@optusnet.com.au>,
 > dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
 >
 >> I was also wanting to know if folks think it could be much faster on dial up
 >> given the considerable complexity of its brief. Or whether somehow, it would
 >> have been very difficult to do so. I suspect that the designers are not
 >> first class and do not have the knowledge that I see displayed often here.
 >
 > I can't see any of the problems you describe on Safari and a dial-up
 > connection. The site even loaded fairly quickly. I haven't explored
 > anything besides the main and signup pages. Considering I'm connecting
 > from the western US, I really mean that it loads fairly quickly, perhaps
 > 15 seconds.
 
 I'm talking using the site in anger, looking for things. Pretend you want
 some back springs for a specific old car and see how you go. I have since
 posting this looked at some other sites that have a degree of complexity in
 database and they fare so much better.
 
 > My only gripe on the main page is that the bottom text is marginal to
 > read as the page fades from blue to white. Whoops! I didn't originally
 > see that "Sports & Leisure" and something unreadable above it don't fit
 > in the white General section of the menu. Is there a menu section below
 > General? If so, I can't see it. Let's check the source. Don't think so,
 > but the menu's last two items are screwed up. Hmm. The w3c validator
 > doesn't like it with 107 errors. Perhaps I was hasty in my original warm
 > fuzzy feeling about the site.
 
 Keep going!
 
 I am sure that this site is an unnecessary tragedy. It is just that I can't
 prove it!
 
 dorayme
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