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That sounds about right.
TB — (archived)

Cover those browsers you mentioned, and you've covered quite a bit.

The other option is to just dial back on the "cool." Remember, the main function of a website is to easily transmit information. Some sites, particularly home pages for movies or other entertainments, have so many bells and whistles that I have to wait for about twenty damn Flash gadgets to load before I can actually accomplish something.

Even Amazon has so much crap coming on board now with each page that it takes my system almost thirty seconds for the page to settle down to the point where I can actually get some work done on it.

Of course, if you're selling webpages to a customer, you're kind of stuck. They want to see the "cool," and don't care about either your overhead or, in too many cases, that of the poor customer.

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