Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To be completely frank - as the site is business oriented, my theory is that those who can afford my services are going to have fast enough web hookups and/or computers to be able to see the site at it's best, and that holds especially true for editors, designers, and those likely to buy the family work. ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:06:00 +0200 Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: "Long waiting times means slow connection, but slow transitions with flash sites means slow processor. Flash needs a lot of raw processor power, runs fastest on Pentium IV above 2 GHz, and slower on Macs. BTW that was the other way round in the times of Apple's PowerPC 604 vs. Pentium I and II, but since Macromedia has optimized Flash for Intel (and Intel optimized the Pentiums III and IV for Flash), the Macs got significantly behind. Maybe one of the reasons why Apple is now switching to Intel :-) ... "Didier " " " ">Weird, Barry, because one of the things that attracted me to it was the ">smoothness and loading speed. Maybe you guys need a new string between the ">tin cans up there in the Tundra. :-) "> "> ">"Not a comment on flash but I found the site very awkward to view especially ">"as flash hasn't been a problem on other sites for me. Slow loading, ">"individual images were also slow when selected and very 'jerky'. Even ">"getting the index to list took much too long and then trying to hit the ">"selections was painstaking. Frustrating enough that I gave up despite there ">"being images I haven't seen on your "old" sites. ">"Barry H " " " "_______________________________________________ "Leica Users Group. "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information