Plain Old Semantic HTML » broadband http://plainoldsemantichtml.org POSH! Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:19:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://plainoldsemantichtml.org http://plainoldsemantichtml.org/wp-content/mbp-favicon/page_peppermint.png Plain Old Semantic HTML Plain Old Broadband and Web Design http://plainoldsemantichtml.org/2007/11/14/plain-old-broadband-and-web-design/ http://plainoldsemantichtml.org/2007/11/14/plain-old-broadband-and-web-design/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:30:00 +0000 Martin http://plainoldsemantichtml.org/2007/11/14/plain-old-broadband-and-web-design/ I just got 20MB download and 2MB upload speeds from my new broadband carrier. Yes, I’ve heard of the horror stories about Comcast, but I got such a killer deal on their high speed internet and phone service, that I had to jump on it. I actually pay less that I did for simple long distance now!

Anyway, the need for speed I feel caused me to think about designing web pages, and how so many designers do not think about what their designs will cost the end user. Yes, I have killer fast broadband, but does that mean I can now craft my sites to use high definition flash movie files? Should I now post 4MB high resolution images? No. And why? Because I would be discriminating against dial-up users.

I know that my stand is seen as a bit over the top, but since I have been discriminated against at points in my life, I refuse to do so to others. That’s what Jesus says also!

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