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Subject: Re: Deep<9> for Download

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 14:38:09 12/24/02

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On December 24, 2002 at 16:51:27, Denis Grafen wrote:

>http://www.schach.dg-tkd.de

Like the others, I can't download it.

Also, a little advice about your website. I find your website to be difficult to
navigate. I can't see where you're linking me to since you have something
scrolling in the status bar that I really don't care about, and the flash (or
whatever that is) that runs when you go from page to page is quite annoying and
time wasting. I hit the back button and I have to wait ten (!) seconds before
the flash runs and takes me back a page. It seems like half the "goodies" on
your website are there just to amuse you. Unfortunately, you aren't the one
using your website, and it just hinders everyone else from using your website
easily.

I think everyone would prefer a simple page that we could navigate easily
without having to have a special browser or browser plugin. In other words,
don't just do something "cute" just because you can. Unless there is a purpose
for using flash or javascript, it generally only makes the webpage tacky and
annoying to the user. Not to mention a user on a slow connection having to wait
for it (and the music) to download. A user who has javascript disabled and who
doesn't have flash couldn't view or navigate your site at all, and that's a "bad
thing". Some people use text-only browsers. Some people are blind and have a web
browser that reads the webpage to them. If they had to wait 10-seconds to go
back to the previous page, they'd probably think their computer crashed.

Just some friendly advice :)



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