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Posted by Ed Mullen on 11/27/07 03:49
Mika wrote:
> "Mika" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
> news:d2S1j.52361$c_1.21339@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Hi all, if you could kindly test this W3C validated page specifically in
>> Firefox only and advise if you see the streetscape appear. (Designed for
>> broadband):
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/35mwxr
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mika
>
> We have done some tweaks to the site and would like to know if it is any
> faster for those of you who found it slow across international servers.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/35mwxr
>
> Thanks in advance for any constructive answers to this specific question -
> that is all that is needed, thanks.
>
> Mika
>
>
The site still took about 40 seconds to load on a 6 Mbs cable connection
from Alpharetta, GA. To me that is ponderously sloooooow. Even if the
payoff is to my liking, and I'm having trouble liking (let alone
understanding) your site.
Comments (which are meant constructively):
Previously when I visited the page I had my sound muted. This time (by
chance) I did not, and it was set quite low, but still enough to drive
the subwoofer on my system. We are having some rather robust wind here
in alpharetta, GA right now. I can hear the leaves flying about outside
and the wind buffeting the house. As I was counting the seconds as the
page loaded I heard a terrible rumbling which I coincided with the wind
outside. I became quite alarmed as we live in an area where destructive
storms and tornadoes are not all that uncommon (in April 2006 a tornado
swept through less than a mile from my house, leaving some significant
destruction). I actually rose from my chair, swapped my computer
eyeglasses for my regular ones and was headed downstairs to go outside
and see what was happening. As I opened my office door the aural
perspective to my computer speakers changed and I stopped, thought for a
second, turned back to my PC and closed your page's tab. Thanks so much
for the scare.
Also, I doubt very much that your page's load time has little to do with
your server being across the pond from my location. I Googled:
[shopping uk] and clicked the first 20 links returned. All of them
loaded fully in 10 seconds or less. The time-to-load issue is either
because your host has dreadfully slow access anywhere outside of the UK
and/or the page is simply bloated (no offense meant) with way too much
content. Which, frankly, regardless of the likelihood of my dropping by
there to shop, is just not a good design strategy.
When you keep saying things like: "You're not our targeted customer
base ..." have you considered tourists? You know, people like me,
strangers in strange lands, who regularly travel to countries like yours
and research where they might go beforehand? You really should, you
know. I spent a bundle of money last month in Italy. And in France in
2004. And in Ireland in 2003. Next on my wife's and my agenda? The
UK. We shop a lot. We research a lot before we travel.
--
Ed Mullen
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Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge
of everything outdoors?
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