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<blockquote data-quote="Clint" data-source="post: 39144" data-attributes="member: 2283"><p>I'm voting for a smaller page template.</p><p></p><p>My biggest problem with the reviews page is that the server seems to be swamped at many points during the day.</p><p></p><p>Instead of listing all the companies and reviewers and the Top 10's on every page, simplify the design. I don't look at that information every page view, but I download all of it, every time, and it brings the size of the page way, way up. (to ~120KB, not counting graphics)</p><p></p><p>I'd much rather have a list of three simple links to cover those three topics. The left bar could look like this:</p><p></p><p>link:Main Page</p><p>---</p><p>Staff reviews by:</p><p>link:Simon Collins</p><p>link<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue :P" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />sion</p><p>---</p><p>link:Top 10 Lists</p><p>---</p><p>link:Search by Publisher</p><p>link:Search by Reviewer</p><p>Search by Product Name:</p><p>[form]</p><p></p><p>I saved the front page locally and cut out the sections I mentioned. You could quickly trim the page down to 20KB if you replace those sections with links. Easier on the server, easier on the users. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Keep the "most recent reviews" expanded on the page, though.</p><p></p><p>Also, a slim/no-graphics option (stored in a cookie) would be pretty sweet.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, I can't wait to see the results!</p><p></p><p>-Clint</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint, post: 39144, member: 2283"] I'm voting for a smaller page template. My biggest problem with the reviews page is that the server seems to be swamped at many points during the day. Instead of listing all the companies and reviewers and the Top 10's on every page, simplify the design. I don't look at that information every page view, but I download all of it, every time, and it brings the size of the page way, way up. (to ~120KB, not counting graphics) I'd much rather have a list of three simple links to cover those three topics. The left bar could look like this: link:Main Page --- Staff reviews by: link:Simon Collins link:Psion --- link:Top 10 Lists --- link:Search by Publisher link:Search by Reviewer Search by Product Name: [form] I saved the front page locally and cut out the sections I mentioned. You could quickly trim the page down to 20KB if you replace those sections with links. Easier on the server, easier on the users. :) Keep the "most recent reviews" expanded on the page, though. Also, a slim/no-graphics option (stored in a cookie) would be pretty sweet. Good luck, I can't wait to see the results! -Clint [/QUOTE]
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