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To: ftth who wrote (322)	11/11/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 1782

Hi Dave, I think that the consultant's rationale bears some merit, and the truths therein will require some adjustments. Isn't this the same dichotomy that exists between surfers who have 28.8s and those who surf using cable modem, when viewing multimedia content? ===== In a related matter, I now recall once reading an account in BCR Magazine by an IBM staffer, about five years ago, who argued rather convincingly that the Internet Protocol would not scale to much higher speeds, over time. He argued that IP was designed around the timing constraints and other parameters that were associated with low speed analog lines, such as 300 bps, 1.2 kb/s lines, and eventually 9.6 lines, and that maybe IP would be able to scale up to T1 rates some day if you wanted to really push it, but not beyond. In other words, he argued that the Internet Protocol would have a very difficult time functioning beyond the T1 speed of ~1.5 Mb/s. Well, guess what is now replacing IBM's SNA for bulk data transfer and other applications, as we speak... and at throughput rates measured into the gigabits per second range? The Internet Protocol is. Regards, Frank Coluccio

To: ftth who wrote (322)	11/14/1999 1:38:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 1782

re: web design, try it this way... Dave, your article concerning the influences of wireless apps over the fate of some designs prompted me to investigate the matter further. While I didn't come across anything that was uniquely wireless oriented, I did come across this piece at the Andover News Network site [ andovernews.com ], that you and others here may find interesting, nonetheless. Enjoy. ------------begin snip: "The Truth About Web Design" by Rod Amis "I have three browsers that I use every week. Why? I'm stupid. I waste my time trying to ensure that my pages are accessible and look nearly identical to all the users who visit them. I'm incredibly stupid. Why? I pay attention to the substantive data available which shows that most Web users are becoming reluctant to upgrade their browser software. I'm so dumb that I not only work to design my pages for highest usability, but I encourage you to do the same. This article is going to feature Cognitive Dissonance Moments, Web worker. Prepare yourself. Here's the first one: If you've been taking my advice about designing your Web sites for your users, you don't know jack about the state of successful Web design today. "As part of my research, my own design "curriculum," and my means of earning remuneration from Andover News Network and other publishers, I visit hundreds of Web sites every month. Hundreds. I have seen more Web pages than most people; talked with more designers, architects and corporate design teams than most people, too. And there's one thing I can now tell you with certainty: "The VAST MAJORITY of sites on the Web today are designed by individuals and teams who choose (or are forced by backend database architects, bosses, and/or clients) to use design elements, code, utilities and plug-ins that will: - Crash many users' systems or, at the very least, their browsers - Force users to leave the site because their browser doesn't support the element (say, Java, for example) or plug-in (take your pick) required by the site - Turn the users away because the sites are designed for a specific browser ONLY - Attempt to force the users to upgrade to a later version of the browser/browsers, or - Load so slowly because of animated advertiser graphical banners or the overuse of graphics and animations that the patience of the proverbial Job is required to access the "valuable" information the users came to find." ----------end snip Continued, with good embeded links in the body of this text, at: andovernews.com The links to streaming video and data might be particularly interesting to some here. Here's one of them: useit.com

To: ftth who wrote (322)	11/14/1999 4:21:00 AM
From: ynot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1782

dave, i am in the 'final' stages of a software project and will build my website as follows; wireless platform Messaging/Voice integration and interaction (with headset) the resulting code will then be placed on a site and coded with VoXML so that we have seamless (a ficticious word, but sounds cool) IVR accesss--other than eardrums replacing eyeballs, navigation should be just about as fast/easy 'eye candy' for conventional PC browsers (and those silly enough to think that WAP will be around very long)will then be added for those who believe that there are technologies that will convert existing sites to wireless access,bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha all imho, regards, ynot ;) ps frank's response to you came from a newspaper.........syndication :)