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Re: Critique time for new web site

Subject: Re: Critique time for new web site
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:26:00 -0800
Thanks for that, Rich. I'll look into the sound safaris and convert
them to MP3s, also. Forgot about those.

BK

>On a cable modem in the US there is no delay on your mp3's and
>looking at your level of compression it seems to be just right. 3/4
>meg target, mono with custom 68kbps, 22khz, with a hardhit rumble
>filter works well for sample mp3's.
>I see you left your safaris sound as waves but that is minor for
>those short files. Just minor tweaks if you want to.
>
>Rich
>
>Everything on your site is fast for cable and the tweaks would not
>really effect us.
>
>--- In  Wild Sanctuary <>
>wrote:
>>  Thanks for the comments, Walt. I know what you mean because we're
>on
>>  a land-line modem, too. Can't get DSL or similar because we're
>rural
>>  and about 25,000 feet from the nearest link. Takes me about 15
>>  minutes do download one of those damned MP3 samples and that's way
>>  too long! Given that I don't want to re-design this thing again in
>>  what's left of my life, I figured I'd order something more toward
>the
>>  leading edge rather than the Pleistocene technologies you and I
>still
>>  have. But I'll give this some thought because we'd like it to work.
>>
>>  Bernie
>>
>>
>>
>>  >From: Wild Sanctuary <>
>>  >>
>>  >>  Greetings everyone.
>>  >>
>>  >>  We've just put up what we hope is a simplified version of our
>old web
>>  >>  site and, if any of you have a moment, would appreciate any
>comments
>>  >>  you might have as to its accessibility, ease of navigation, and
>>  >>  layout of the content.
>>  >
>>  >It looks real good Bernie, I wandered all around in it relatively
>>  >easily. The scripting works fine with netscape. Good layout and
>design.
>>  >
>>  >As to accessibility, I'm on a modem, so noticed some slow loads.
>Some of
>>  >the mp3 samples from your CDs take time with a modem. A few
>graphics
>>  >looked like they were large files scaled by the browser, which
>takes
>>  >longer to download than purpose built files for the page location.
>>  >
>>  >Sorry to be a bit slow responding, I've been off-line cloning my
>wife's
>>  >work mac before it went to the shop. Takes a little effort to make
>a
>>  >full bootable copy of a OSX system disk and I needed several
>copies. A
>>  >slow process.
>>  >
>>  >Walt
>>  >
>>  >
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