To: upchuck
You're right. While I have DSL, I am dialup-aware so that I don't create big files. I learned this designing web sites. I learned to always res-down images and create the smallest possible files that do the job.
For this reason I still get angry at posters who link to large images or silly animated gifs that gobble badwidth, it's a breach of protocol discipline.
Yes, you're right about linking to printer-friendly pages. It's about empathy and web etiquette.
44 posted on
01/06/2004 8:55:18 PM PST by
moodyskeptic
(weekend warrior in the culture war)
To: moodyskeptic
Thanks and BUMP!
47 posted on
01/06/2004 10:47:29 PM PST by
upchuck
(This tag line will self-destruct in five seconds. 5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1.... DISOLVE!)
To: moodyskeptic; upchuck
Yes, you're right about linking to printer-friendly pages. It's about empathy and web etiquette. Sorry. I don't agree, at least unless the printer friendly page has a link back to the article's main page. The page linked should be the same page you would cite if you were formally documenting the source. Also the article's main page may have hyperlinks within the article, relevant news photos, side bars, links to related material, information on the content provider and/or homepage links that the printer friendly page often lacks.
50 posted on
01/07/2004 6:46:30 AM PST by
Stultis
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