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Re: [LUG] HTML query

 

On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 07:32 +0000, tom wrote:
> dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > i have an image gallery on rollovers that would load a 400x400px image 
> > when a 140x140 image is rolled upon.
> > It doesn't usually cause problems, but just in case, maybe I will have 
> > the larger image as the smaller image, so it caches and you can tell 
> > when it loads. 
> Using mousovers etc for things that are in the general flow of web pages 
> is 'OK' - tips and extratext etc. Doing the above is borderline 
> acceptable - so long as the user knows its going to happen it would be 
> OK and it is used a lot. Rolling over a link and having something you 
> expect to need to be clicked that loads other web pages is not generally 
> accepted as good practice - you're surprising the user by taking control 
> away from them and loading possibly unwanted content 'for them'.
> Its a bit like helping the old lady across the road and finding out she 
> was waiting for a bus and its just gone...
> Let the user have control and offer assistance by all means but remember 
> its their web browser and bandwidth. And its not too hard to click a 
> link is it?
> Tom te tom te tom
> 
> 
I disagree, all this does is give a preview of a page they might like to
visit. I think it's a while since bandwith ran on coco tins and string.

SiSerSiSerSi


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