ExecSummary: Try www.dilbert.com/fast from a reply to a complaint about flash, etc: > Yes, We know that you emailed us a long long time ago. Here at > Dilbert.com we try to not let that be an excuse for not answering an > email. > > We are sorry for the trouble you have been having with the new launch. > We hope all the work we will be doing in the coming weeks will make it > easier for you to enjoy Dilbert in all his incarnations. Just so you > know, we are thinning out the flash, streamlining the mashups, making > the site easier to navigate as well as view the animations. > > For those of you who are unhappy with the new site, this note from Scott > Adams should answer some of your questions: > > Recently we redesigned the Dilbert.com web site and added a ton of > features, such as animation, deeper archives, mash ups, and more. The > reaction from readers has been fascinating. > > Let me get this out of the way: I realize the Beta version of the web > site has lots of issues. It's overloaded with Flash, slower than it > needs to be, and the navigation is confusing. We're fixing most of that > over the next few weeks. I apologize for the inconvenience. > > The fascinating thing about the responses is that it revealed three > distinct types of Dilbert readers: > > The first group is the ultra-techies who have an almost romantic > relationship with technology. For them, the new site felt like getting > dumped by a lover. Their high-end technology (generally Linux) and > security settings made much of the site inconvenient. Moreover, the use > of Flash offended them on some deep emotional level. > > The second group objected to the new level of color and complexity, and > the associated slowness. They like their Dilbert comics simple, fast, > and in two colors. Anything more is like putting pants on a cat. > > The third group uses technology as nothing more than a tool, and > subscribes to the philosophy that more free stuff is better than less > free stuff. That group has embraced the new features on the site and > spiked the traffic stats. > > For you first two groups, if you promise to keep it to yourselves, we > created a stripped-down Dilbert page with just the comic, some text > navigation, and the archive: www.dilbert.com/fast. This alternate site > is a minor secret, mentioned only here and in the text footnote to the > regular site as "Linux/Unix." > > The main site will be getting a Flash diet that will make it speedier > soon, so check back in a few weeks. That's where all the fun will be. > > Enjoy. >.. > Dilbert.com Customer Service
Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
