[SEL] The new style webshots. What do you think about it?

[Jerry Evans]

>From: "Dave Croft" <dave.croft at ntlworld.com>
>Subject: [SEL] The new style webshots. What do you think about it?
>To: "atis" <SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>
>What do you think about the new styling on the webshots pages?
>My first impression is that it is worse than it was but perhaps I am missing
>some new features.
>Other peoples opinions will be appreciated.
>Dave Croft
>Warrington

Hi Dave,
         I'm not crazy about "Webshots" because of the adverts that load 
first and take up our very slow bandwidth before you can even get to the 
pics you want to see.
         Having said that, I logged on to your page and it does seem to 
load quite a bit quicker than the old system so as far as I'm concerned it 
is an improvement.

P.S. 20 minutes after writing the above.
         Oops - Drastic change of mind - the thumbnails load quite quickly 
but I use "Firefox" and open the linked larger pics in "new tabs" - with a 
slow connection they all seem to "timeout" - the adverts load O.K. but the 
pics I want to see just "timeout" and I've got to click the reload button 
for each of them . I get a page showing a large blank "place holder' for 
the pic and a bunch of adverts "Cnet has launched in Britain" features very 
prominently. Obviously their coding forces the adverts to load first. I do 
not like pages like this.
         This is probably O.K. for all you guys with Broadband or fast 
connections but does not work for me!  I also realize that it is just my 
own problem that I live in a country that is going backwards fast and 
Internet connections are not up to par with the rest of the world - but you 
asked for opinions.
         How many of you guys out there on the SEL have the same problem as 
me - connection speeds not up to standard ??

         The above is the reason why I love "oldengine.org" - no top heavy 
scripting - no adverts - no bulldust - just engine stuff. Thanks very much 
Jim you are doing us all a service that we probably can never thank you 
enough for.

         Dave, thanks for your very interesting pages - I do look at them 
often because you have things up there that I want to see (and am prepared 
to wait) but I think that the "casual browser" may not be as patient.


Keep the revs up (or down)
Jerry Evans
Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
Tel. (016) 365-5787
Visit our website for old engines in South Africa.
www.oldengine.org/members/evans  


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