unlimited bandwidth, 650 meg of space...
I've started a new project that is a little different for me - a resource site that will be packaged and sold on CD. It is an odd feeling to be totally unfettered by the usual constraints of disk space and load times. Unfortunately, the only real limitation here is my client's budget
Assuming that the sky was the limit, what would you do differently if designing a site for CD?
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Megan posted this at 15:37 — 7th July 2001.
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Oooh, interesting question. This is difficult for me because I'm one of those people who is constantly thinking about download speeds. I'm always trying to shave off a few seconds here, a few more there. I always design my sites to minimize download speeds.
So, hmmmm... I'd probably use a lot of flash and probably many more graphics than I would otherwise. It really depends on what your site is about - you don't say what kind of a resource site this will be, but I'm guessing that it'll be largely text based? YOu could liven it up with a lot of graphic illustrations and things like that maybe.
Megan
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taff posted this at 21:14 — 7th July 2001.
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No shortage of material, just money.. and time. There is limitless material available, text, graphics, powerpoint, PDF - the topic is the environmental impacts, practices and policies of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
I am sorely tempted to throw profit to the wind on this one and go all out just to have it as a protfolio piece. I have no Flash background but grabbed the 30 day trial of Flash5 yesterday (after uninstalling my expired/unused Flash3 and Flash4 demos
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I am starting to get over some of the initial bumps in the learning curve. In other words - I can now make a little Flash site, it just looks like crap! If I can get a handle on things I may end up going that route - at least partially.
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Megan posted this at 01:12 — 8th July 2001.
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You could try to do something with a voiceover explaining the material - that would be a good way to cut down on the amount of reading.
detox posted this at 13:18 — 8th July 2001.
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Can I assume we have a fellow ozzy here!? Or just someone who has learnt about the impact of the developments etc
taff posted this at 13:41 — 8th July 2001.
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I suppose it was time to fill in my profile anyway. Just a simple Canuck with global reach
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