I'm interested in hearing your comments and suggestions on the DHVM Gallery. We are aware the site is running slowly (loading of the photographs) and we are working on that issue while the site continues to grow. Is there any other areas that we need to address in the displaying of the photographs in this area of the web site. ------------------ Stourbridge Lion stourbridge_lion@yahoo.com Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum
How do we look at the gallery? I went to the DHVM site. When I clicked on "Gallery," a screen came up with 5 frames. The ones I seemed to have needed were so small, I couldn't tell what was on them. It looks like you might have to simplify the screens to make them more usable. ------------------ Peirce Behrendt Southbury, CT peirce@ibm.net
Peirce, Just so I understand more detail, what size screen do you have? I know laptop's are an issue in viewing the site. I've heard others talk about the frame issue too. Do you have a alternate suggestion on how to structuce the Gallery? ------------------ Stourbridge Lion stourbridge_lion@yahoo.com Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum
I am using a 15-inch monitor, desktop, not laptop. This is my set-up at work, which is more advanced that at home. Most sites I visit usually limit any one screen to two, sometimes three, frames. Anything more forces some of the frames to be too small to contain any readable material. On the screen entering your gallery, for example, the two frames on the lower right of the screen were not high enough to expose one line of text. When I tried to scroll one, it would always stop between the lines. I could see the bottom third of one line and the top third of the next. I am not experienced in HTML design, but I am experienced in viewing dozens of sites a week. The best ones use the KISS principle. Here is an example of an excellent site. =It is John Combs Alaska Railroad Page: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~combs/arr/arr.html Of course, this site, Trainboard, would be an excellent example of a site that is easy to navigate. I can't offer any suggestion on structuring your gallery until I can get into it. ------------------ Peirce Behrendt Southbury, CT peirce@ibm.net
Peirce, I value your honest input toward building a better site. I've been using a 19" screen when building the site and it sounds like the 17" and less screen have viewing issues. Sounds like I have some rework planning ahead of me. In the mean time, you should be able to open the Gallery in a seperate window which should allow you to get deeper into the site. Given your screen size, I would also open each "Collection" in a seperate window too. Within Netscape, you "Right Click" the link and select "Open in New Window" to open each section in a stand alone window. I'm thinking I might shift towards a layout like: Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society ------------------ Stourbridge Lion stourbridge_lion@yahoo.com Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum [This message has been edited by Stourbridge Lion (edited 05 August 2000).]
Since our discussion has drifted away from the topic is this forum, photography and trains, into web site design, I will continue via e-mail. ------------------ Peirce Behrendt Southbury, CT peirce@ibm.net
I'll copy this to the Club Car as it will be of interest to someone wishing to learn about frame layouts. Gary.
