Re: Web Page Stickiness

**"* Z* <b*@gmail.com>**

I have been through the evolution of websites for the last 7 years. Flash 
and music is so wrong/ Fast loading pages with lots of text is all that 
matters.
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Bruce Zimmerman
Open-Line Garden Show
CKTB 610 AM
Saturdays 10 - Noon EST

www.brucezimmerman.com
abz1@canada.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yvonne Cunnington" <ycunnington@ispnet.ca>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Web Page Stickiness


> Having music or flash on your home page is very bad web design, in my
> opinion.
>
> Both always irritate the heck out of me. Why? They slow down the flow of
> info. And music when not expected is extremely annoying and disturbing to
> anybody else in the room.
>
> Well presented info is what I'm after on the web, not useless frills that
> slow me down.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 9:40 PM
> Subject: [GWL] Web Page Stickiness
>
>
>>I talked with a fellow listserv member about ten days ago about attracting
>>and retaining visitors to a website.  He said that the home page should be
>>"sticky," with elements such as flash presentation or music to keep 
>>hoppers
>>from leaving.  That made perfect sense to me.....until I started putting
>>together a new website.
>
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