Alexandoy
VIP Contributor
I was hired as a technical consultant of a non-profit organization to handle their website which was newly created. When I checked the website it took half a minute to show the heading and title of the home page and that’s just it. The browser seemed to have stopped accessing the website. When I called the contractor I was not given a clear answer but insisted that the website works well in their office.
I went to an internet shop to check and that’s when I learned that the home page of the website has a video. That was 2004 and internet access was very slow compared to the 1 mbps (which is the slowest today). The video dragged down the access because even in the fastest internet shop it takes more than 1 minute to show the entire home page. This is a lesson on aesthetic versus access speed. Heavy images and videos on the web page could ruin the website.
I went to an internet shop to check and that’s when I learned that the home page of the website has a video. That was 2004 and internet access was very slow compared to the 1 mbps (which is the slowest today). The video dragged down the access because even in the fastest internet shop it takes more than 1 minute to show the entire home page. This is a lesson on aesthetic versus access speed. Heavy images and videos on the web page could ruin the website.