Apologies to Frank Sharman (who has mailed me personally) for my sounding
so ratty. It was really the "big boys" I was moaning about! Personally (and
I know a lot of people will disagree and like to see lots of visual
sophistication) I think many of the more amateur websites are so much
better in their simplicity. Speed is better if text is the main content,
and the less Java and other code there is, the less can go wrong. Frank's
Wolverhampton site is attractive enough visually, but sticks to fairly
basic links with text - easy-peasy.
I think we all have experience of accessing the site of WorldCompany Inc
and finding that it takes half a minute to load, upon which we find that it
isn't the real site at all, just a smart graphic which redirects us to the
genuine front page (which takes another minute to load, because it's so
complex). They are so bent on having a smart shop window, they don't stop
to think that it LOSES customers, and the clever compilers of these pages
don't tell their paymasters how to set it up simply, because they are
getting paid for showing the world how clever they are.
Many local sites like Frank's, are much more stable, faster to load , and
easy to navigate. The amateur has to keep maintenance to a minimum too so
it's all simpler, and therefore faster.
Anyhow, folks - I'l shut up about it now!!!
Nick Hudd
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