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On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 07:32 +0000, tom wrote: > dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > i have an image gallery on rollovers that would load a 400x400px image > > when a 140x140 image is rolled upon. > > It doesn't usually cause problems, but just in case, maybe I will have > > the larger image as the smaller image, so it caches and you can tell > > when it loads. > Using mousovers etc for things that are in the general flow of web pages > is 'OK' - tips and extratext etc. Doing the above is borderline > acceptable - so long as the user knows its going to happen it would be > OK and it is used a lot. Rolling over a link and having something you > expect to need to be clicked that loads other web pages is not generally > accepted as good practice - you're surprising the user by taking control > away from them and loading possibly unwanted content 'for them'. > Its a bit like helping the old lady across the road and finding out she > was waiting for a bus and its just gone... > Let the user have control and offer assistance by all means but remember > its their web browser and bandwidth. And its not too hard to click a > link is it? > Tom te tom te tom > > I disagree, all this does is give a preview of a page they might like to visit. I think it's a while since bandwith ran on coco tins and string. SiSerSiSerSi -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html