Critique Please

I agree, and on that note I was going to point the OP to brucie's
butterflies, but they're gone!

Actually, alt-html.org is gone completely.

Brucie, where are you?

--
Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

Yes, its a pity he has gone - my php skills benefited a lot from his
examples. I could kick myself for not saving his butterflies example. Has
anyone in the group saved this anywhere - I would really like to get my
hands on his php script.

David

Quoth the raven named David Graham:

I agree, and on that note I was going to point the OP to brucie's
butterflies, but they're gone!

Actually, alt-html.org is gone completely.

Brucie, where are you?

--
Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au


Yes, its a pity he has gone - my php skills benefited a lot from his
examples. I could kick myself for not saving his butterflies example. Has
anyone in the group saved this anywhere - I would really like to get my
hands on his php script.

I saved a copy of the butterflies script, albeit without the images.
I'll post it here as a text file:

http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagna...utterflies.txt

I didn't save the balls script. :-(

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-bts
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Thanks for the comment. You've got me wondering what would be better than
blue? My only rational for using it is that it seems to be what most people
are looking for.

Andy

"Farlo" <hall.j.m (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote

"Andy Vileta" <andy (AT) oldbones (DOT) net> wrote:

http://amazinggraves.com/htm/pages/00006.shtml

The blue text links are awful, but i really liked the general look of the
page.

--
Farlo, the Urban Fey Dragon

Really like your page, and want to see more...

(However, IMHO, those colors (lime green and fermented puke green) really
suck!)

But, as I said, I look forward to seeing more of your selections.

Perhaps you could offer a "thumbs" page to those who insist on viewing
just
the pictures "they" want to select, and a "guided tour" or slide show, to
visitors who would be content to sit back and allow you to be their tour
guide.

Glenn
I like your description of the colors. I've considered gravestone gray and

some others but can't quite get a grasp on what says "cemetery".

"Trevor George" <trevorgeorge (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

It's not only the 'Physical' size that needs working on, it's the
'optimisation' for web use. Your
main image is 160k on this page
http://amazinggraves.com/htm/pages/00006.shtml when it could easily
be only 40K. People on dial-ups won't bother to look at your site if you
don't correct that.

Agree, the images that I used to create the prototype were the ones that I
planned to use as a popup.

I have another similar site which uses frames for photo display.

Do you mean 'tables'?

No, two frames with thumbs in one with the full size targeted in the other.

My intent is to display the pics in a smooth "slideshow"

What happens if people don't want to see a slide-show, but just want to
see a couple of individual
images enlarged?

That's what I addressed in my original concept using an iframe and pop-up;
http://amazinggraves.com

trying to avoid the typical site with rows of thumbnails and
the requirement for the viewer to have to constantly use the "back"
button.

Well at least that gives the customer the choice. The other option is a
pop-up with the enlarged
image, which would need closing anyway.
Yep, it seems there's no perfect way but if I find I'll use it.

Thanks for the comments.
Andy

Steve.

Steve R. wrote:

It's not only the 'Physical' size that needs working on, it's the
'optimisation' for web use. Your main image is 160k on this page
http://amazinggraves.com/htm/pages/00006.shtml when it could easily
be only 40K.

Can you show me that 40K-picture? When I optimize it to that size in PSP the
quality is no longer acceptable for a photo
(http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/test/00006_psp.jpg).
Nico

Andy Vileta wrote:

"Trevor George" wrote

Do you mean 'tables'?

No, two frames with thumbs in one with the full size targeted in the
other.

The best way for a gallery :-)
I tried a couple of times to do it with CSS but the result is still not
acceptable: http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/album/

Nico

"Nico Schuyt" <nschuyt (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Andy Vileta wrote:
"Trevor George" wrote

Do you mean 'tables'?

No, two frames with thumbs in one with the full size targeted in the
other.

The best way for a gallery :-)
I tried a couple of times to do it with CSS but the result is still not
acceptable: http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/album/

Do you own *all* of those kids Nico? It's a wonder you have time to produce
*any* html :-)

Cheers
Richard.

Nico Schuyt wrote in message ...

Can you show me that 40K-picture? When I optimize it to that size in PSP the
quality is no longer acceptable for a photo
(http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/test/00006_psp.jpg).

I'd have used a little 'unsharp mask' as well, then it would be fine for web-viewing.

It depends what you translate as acceptable. I feel that 40K image is acceptable on the page, if it
means I see the image, rather than hitting the 'close' button because of having to wait too long.

Around 70 per-cent of world-wide users are still on dial-ups, so they *must* be considered :~)

rf wrote:

Nico Schuyt wrote

http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/album/

Do you own *all* of those kids Nico? It's a wonder you have time to
produce *any* html :-)

Hehehe. But no, just a few of my cousins :-)
Nico