In article <slrng1ufgr.15qa.g.kreme@cerebus.local>, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <doraymeRidThis-0B1751.13012903052008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au> > dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > what would dialup users or slow broadband think?). > > Sorry, but I stopped worrying about dialup users 6 years ago when the last > person in my family finally got ADSL. I hear there are still people on > dialup, but I could not prove it.
Why did you ever worry about dialup? Do you make websites only for your family?
> > > The advantage is bandwidth and clarity, especially bandwidth. No one > > wants to download a 2592 px wide pic if they are only interested in > > seeing it at 400px. > > But they take the same amount of time (that is, 'none') to download! :)
This is not true for many people (not you or your family who maybe have superfast), even on what is broadly known as broadband. And it is demonstrably false when you take into account a set of pictures.
