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Non-Tech : Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: B.K. Ohneis who wrote (6578)	2/2/1998 12:42:00 PM
From: gbh	Respond to of 16892

>>>also, the new site does not seem to permit the "refreshing" of a page. Theres no real need to "reload" the quotes page. Just click "Get Quote" again, and your previous quote list is updated.

To: B.K. Ohneis who wrote (6578)	2/2/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: gbh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

So far I'm sticking with the old format, which I always liked because of its simplicity. My 20 stock quote list can be viewed on a single page with no scrolling on the old servers, but I need to scroll once on the new servers. I do however like the logout feature on the new server. Good day to bring a new interface online too, as most people are pretty happy today with a big rally going on.

To: B.K. Ohneis who wrote (6578)	2/2/1998 12:58:00 PM
From: Scott Pedigo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

I agree with the "less is more" philosophy regarding ornamentation on the Web pages. I want speed and dependability. These are related. The longer it takes to download a page, the greater the chance of a stall. The more graphics and Java code in a page, the greater the chance of some browser incompatibility and a hang-up - in addition to the interminable delay. Finally, the more stuff that the server has to spit out for each user, the greater the chance of it being overloaded. And the Datek servers ARE being overloaded at the critical time just after the market opens, which is typically the time of the greatest price volatility of the day, and the best opportunity for some trades. I've been unable to get a response some mornings, until a good 15 minutes after the opening. In general (not Datek in particular) the graphics artists designing Web pages have gone nuts. The tools have gotten better, the servers more powerful, the standards more elaborate, but the modem speeds and typical throughput to the end-user have remained about the same. Result: all access, including WWW is getting slower and slower! Example: I've about had to give up using CompuServe because of the graphics bloat. It used to be nice running their CIM user interface under DOS. Now it takes forever just to check my email. Hint to investors: the name of the game in the future is BANDWIDTH. Whatever company can provide it or the equipment for it is going to experience some explosive growth. Just don't ask me who... there's too much going on with the cable companies, satellite companies, data broadcast, etc. for me to make any guesses. So for Datek: until the multi-megabit or gigabit BANDWIDTH for end-users arrives to support almost instantaneous real-time transmission of all the graphics, please don't get rid of your old servers!