incessant ramblings

There's not much to say. I pretty much agree with what Curtis wrote. A site shouldn't need all the bells and whistles that many have. To be creative and beautiful does not mean it has to be complex on the user's side (though sometimes it may be on the developer side).

The problem comes down to audience...kind of. We can make assumptions about the types of computers and connections certain demographics would have. But just as it is true that we have to keep up with technology as designers...we also need to realize that others are keeping up with technology too.

How do we determine the abilities of the user's station so we know what we can design for? Should we design for x-amount of years back in computers? Should we even bother with people still using 56k connections or lower? OR again should we be doing a "slow connection" version...which also means, more work.


Filtering for this type of stuff is great. It makes us not go overboard. But how far is too far?? Maybe the people living 10 years in the past need to catch up.