I don't know about other people's computers and connections, but in my humble opinion, more isn't always better.
The reason why is that I'm running Windows XP on a 500 MHz Pentium III computer, and I have a dial-up 56K connection. So, all of the stuff that has to get reloaded every time I click a mouse button really slows down my computer. On a high speed internet connection, I expect it doesn't matter because the page loads so fast you don't notice any slow down cuz of all the extra stuff being loaded. But, on dial-up, a person can die of old age waiting for a page with a lot of animated graphics to load.
In my opinion, simpler is better on web pages because no one really cares about the fancy animated graphics, but that kind of stuff really slows down people on dial-up cuz of all the extra waiting time for pages to load. So, if you can make the site look sexier without increasing the Kilobytes people have to download on every page, then go nutz. But, if what you're wanting to do is going to increase the Kilobytes people have to download on every page, then I'd urge caution. The people with the high speed connections don't care much one way or the other, but the people on dial-up will be adversely affected because of the longer waiting times between pages.
I stay on dial-up cuz I'm too cheap to spend an extra $50 per month on a high speed internet connection. I'd make a good plumber or electrician. Plumbers and electricians are the only ones that will drive to a different time zone to get a free hot dog and Coke at a trade show.
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Last edited by Nestor_Kelebay; 10-01-2009 at 12:29 AM.
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