Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't expect the site to be slow at all. The design is actually very lightweight, making good use of tables and HTML color, with graphics used sparingly. Images will be 600px long, and I think I've found a balance that looks good without readily visible compression artifacts. The recent gallery I posted of Laos and Vietnam photos is a good example. I expect that it will run pretty well, even on a dial up connection. I think the iBooks from 2001 onward support 1024x768 resolution. My old Sony notebook from 1999, with a 12" display and an ancient Pentium II running at just 400mhz is 1024x768 native. The 1Ghz Ti Powerbook (circa January 2003) I'm writing this on right now is 1280x854. I don't think the caption info is a problem either. We have worked it out so that there is room to see the whole image and caption information (vertical and horizontal) without scrolling, so long as the user has a 1024x768 display. It will be interesting to hear if any LUGgers are using 800x600 displays. - --Jim On Feb 26, 2004, at 7:10 PM, Don Dory wrote: > Jim, > My feeling on this is that anyone serious about looking at photo's is > using at least 1024X768 on a large monitor. Also, braoadband is a must > for anyone looking at images. So, by designing a site that will load > slow and be hard to navigate will sift out the dross. > > Someone correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the Mac and iBooks native > resolution 1024? > > Your only issue is that any information associated with the image will > be off screen for many: perhaps a prompt for R clicks and an > information > box. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html