www.tripboats.com - Hi there

Brian_uk · #1 (**permalink**) 06-24-2004, 02:07 PM

Hi Everyone :)

Im a new member - dropping a quick note to introduce myself LOL!

My name is Brian and am working on a site called www.tripboats.com I would be interested in peoples comments - but bear in mind it is targeted at IE 5.5 or better! - cos its new and I havent had time to test it out on all other platforms

Cheers - Brian

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John D. Harvey · #2 (**permalink**) 06-24-2004, 02:27 PM

Hi,

I know you said it's targeted to IE 5.0 and up. But just so you know, I viewed it through Mozilla Firefox (my preferred browser), and it doesn't work at all.

I also opened it in IE and it worked but it's very slow (and I'm using a high-speed connection) for a site that really isnt' that graphics intensive. I'm wondering whether your web host is up to the task or if your pages are so script / code intensive that they take up a lot of browser power. I'm not sure, but if it's bogged down on my system, then I have to imagine that it'll kill a dial-up user.

Aside from that, it looks like you're providing a valuable and fun service. You're focusing on serving up information, which is great, but I would recommend that you try to spruce the look of the site while scaling back on the size and intensity of your html files.

All the best,
John

jestep · #3 (**permalink**) 06-24-2004, 02:42 PM

I agree, very high download time. I checked Netscape 7.0, and only the top bar works. You should at least provide alternate content for non IE users, so the have something to see.

zenny · #4 (**permalink**) 06-24-2004, 03:15 PM

As soon as I saw what you were offering I was looking forward to looking up some destinations. I am on an Internet spine so your site loaded up quickly. I'll have to try it from a 56kb dial up for a comparison.

Unfortunately, I cannot see the whole page on my 800x600 resolution screen. I am missing about three inches at the bottom. There is no vertical or horizontal scroll bar. The size of the screen is probably set to a definite number of pixels for height and width instead of a relative size in percentage of the screen. Assuming you used FrontPage or some such program you probably chose "never" as an answer to the question whether you wanted to show scroll bars.

I'll be waiting to hear from you so I can check out those boat rides! Good luck. :-)

Brian_uk · #5 (**permalink**) 06-24-2004, 05:04 PM

Thanks for the feedback :)

I dont think the speed problem is the graphics - Looking at the file sizes I am more inclined to suspect the menu system - it may work well for IE 5.5 and above but it has a massive overhead in the amount of code appears to download.

Methinks I need to look a a simpler menu bar!

And yes - not my choice but the server is struggling!

Cheers :)