<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Graham Shroll</b> <<a href="mailto:gmshroll@synteraction.com">gmshroll@synteraction.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Yes, the web was a great place back then (I really
miss that 'flame' gif and 'under construction' banner)!</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I recall a domain registrar in the late 90s advertising 2 guys trying to make a website and talking about making a flaming spinning logo, and how this registrar can help you get a 'real site'.
<br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Conversely, unless a company is selling through
their website directly I believe it is largely a pointless asset; These days, a
professional corporate website seems to be a term synonymous with "loads of
flash, stock photography, thousands of words of marketing
waffle". </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">That can be as much of a turn off as a
dreamweaver-template startup in my opinion.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">That being the case, people buy from people - if
you still get a dodgy feeling from the sales guy, don't buy!</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>My opinion on this, which seems to contradict those that *sell* stock photography, flash (that forces noise upon the user without any prompting) and other simiar things, is a website should load fast, be informative yet have minimal eye candy, etc. Look at how popular craigs list is.
<br><br>All those images, when they serve no purpose, or flash that has a bunch of graphics and audio just to be a website 'intro' is net pollution in my opinion. How much bandwidth can be saved for real things by not doing that?
<br><br>I think it also depends on your demographic and what you are selling, if you are a music act then images of performances, audio tracks, etc are almost required. If you are selling widgets in a B2B environment flashy graphics, forced audio (which disrupts the work place of the viewer), etc are uncalled for.
<br><br>I am sure however if you ask 100 people their opinion on this you will get at least 101 opinions.<br><br> </div><br></div><br>-- <br>Trixter <a href="http://www.0xdecafbad.com">http://www.0xdecafbad.com</a> Bret McDanel
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