Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Rutherford Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Site restructuring suggestions. Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:25:22 +0000 Organization: The Hex Heroes Lines: 30 Message-ID: <34F5A582.4084@sms.ed.ac.uk> References: <34F450E0.52CD@sms.ed.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-035.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) A couple more points (with probably a little more scope for debate than my last)... I think the primary concern for the web-site should be functionality. To this end, it should not (and this nearly goes without saying) be dogged by unreasonable download times. As I understand it, the Yaroze server is pretty quick and I'm not for a moment suggesting that the site should be turned into plain-Jane text. There are efficiencies that can be sought (and I'm sure this will happen anyway) - reducing the colour resolution of graphics is sometimes barely perceptible for example. Keeping animated gifs to a minimum is another way. [This is a general point for members also, btw]. I'd be quite horrified if the Yaroze pages were turned into anything like the redesigned European Playstation pages. I find those almost pointlessly overstylised and I think subjecting members to that kind of thing would be a disservice. I believe that that kind of overstylisation loses clarity and while this may be okay for a 'fun' site, it would really turn me off (I still can't decide whether I find them patronising or not). Make the site pretty, make sure it's dynamic (in terms of keeping things updated) but most of all make it as easy as possible for us to get where and what we want. What does everyone else think? James (~mrfrosty).