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BillLee/Chandler TX
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Terry, it's called "bloat". I.e., developers continuing to add bells and whistles and pretty, frilly, "cutesy" stuff not because it enhances the information flow, but just to make the page "pretty".
The typical FordBarn page is nearly a full megabyte to download. Fortunately, once the first page is downloaded. your browser will keep several large files that are constant in the cache, and subsequent pages are not so bad.
E.g., the background image (the light blue that fills the browser window) is over .4 megabyte all by itself. It is an image that is 1100x2160 pixels. Its content is such that even jpeg compression doesn't do much good. It could be replaced with either a solid color or a MUCH smaller image with NO diminishing of the quality of the site.
Yes, this is not important to most users since they are on broadband, but many, like you, are still on dial-up and most web developers have allowed "bloat" to make sites difficult for dial-up users when it really doesn't need to be that way. And this is typical when employing the type of system that drives this bulletin board.
The typical FordBarn page is nearly a full megabyte to download. Fortunately, once the first page is downloaded. your browser will keep several large files that are constant in the cache, and subsequent pages are not so bad.
E.g., the background image (the light blue that fills the browser window) is over .4 megabyte all by itself. It is an image that is 1100x2160 pixels. Its content is such that even jpeg compression doesn't do much good. It could be replaced with either a solid color or a MUCH smaller image with NO diminishing of the quality of the site.
Yes, this is not important to most users since they are on broadband, but many, like you, are still on dial-up and most web developers have allowed "bloat" to make sites difficult for dial-up users when it really doesn't need to be that way. And this is typical when employing the type of system that drives this bulletin board.