Re: Foliage Gardens
Right you are Duncan. I went into the site this morning and had no
trouble at all on a 28.8 modem. I can't vouch for "prime time" loading,
but if you did have problems try at another time. The information on
ferns is wonderful ...It's a great site.
Jackie Bell
Portland, Maine
Zone 4-5
McAlpine, Duncan G wrote:
>
> This can happen for many reasons and it is not due to the site. If
> you
> have a slow modem or if you were connected at a slow speed, then any
> site will be slow if the size of the site is 30K-50K. To improve the
> speed of any site, turn off the auto image load on your browser.
> Please
> find it on your browser and give it a try. Sometimes bouncing to
> several sites will make it work. The site is designed for a quick
> load
> and it is designed under the 50 k limit as a standard homepage design.
>
> If you even have a 56K, 33K, 28K modem you can still be connected to
> your ISP at 9K 12K or 14.4K due to the traffic at your ISP. This is
> a
> norm for most ISPs unless you have a T1 or a T3 line.
>
> If you think you browser is really fast and nothing is wrong with it,
> then I challenge you to do a test with this browser. "Opera"..Opera
> provides a browser for the PC and soon for the MAC's...sorry unix
> based
> machines. It provides what the customer wants and it really kicks
> Ass.
> Sorry for the words....but it really does. It is very quick in
> loading
> a page.
> http://www.operasoftware.com
>
> This is a good site to visit for shade loving plants.
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/Foliagegardens
> >
>
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:22:48 -0500
> From: Beth Metty <patrickm@umich.edu>
> Subject: Re: Foliage Gardens
>
> McAlpine, Duncan G wrote:
> >
> > If you are looking for a nursery specializing in hardy native and
> exotic
> > ferns, choice Japanese maples cultivars and a selection of unusual
> > Cornus kousa cultivars, Foliage Gardens is the place to visit
> >
> > http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/Foliagegardens
> >
> > Duncan
>
> I did visit the site, and it looks promising. However, it
> took
> way too
> long for stuff to be transmitted, and my patience ran out before I got
> very far. May send for the catalog, though. Beth
>
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