[WWI] Non Scientific Poll

[Chris Banyai-Riepl]

Actually, the 'delay' you're seeing is not a part of the system being used,
but due to the speed of your internet connection.  You're seeing those
transitions instead of a blank white browser window while waiting for the
image to load.  This method actually loads the images faster, as it doesn't
have to rely on the browser to open a separate window (or tab), which puts
less of a burden on the computers viewing the images (I have had complaints
in the past about how opening images in separate windows caused the browser
to crash; that won't happen here).

Chris 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org 
> [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of John Ratzenberger
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:50 AM
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [WWI] Non Scientific Poll
> 
> Just to add to my previous, I count FIVE visible transitions 
> just to display an image in a slide show.
> 1.  The current image is whited out.
> 2.  The vertical size is changed.
> 3.  The horizontal size is changed.
> 4.  The overall size is changed again to accomodate the frame 
> and X-close button.
> 5.  The new image is displayed.
> I assume there is a delay factor to make these transitions 
> "work" -- that is merely wasted time.
> Somebody found a cute toy that does nothing to support the content.
> 
> John
>