Even if the images included are small, a page may take a while to transfer completely if there are a significant number of them, since each image is transferred by a separate connection to the WWW server . This can render a page inaccessible to people unwilling to either wait or turn off their automatic display of images by their browser. The method most people use to access the Internet is dialing up to a remote computer system and connecting with a modem. Workarounds Use only small images within pages themselves, and provide users with a choice allowing them choose whether or note to transfer them. Text formatting Limit the length of a page to two or three screens at most and avoid long unbroken blocks of text.
Studies show that people have a much shorter attention span when dealing with computerized text.
The medium is much better suited to linking short blocks of text to each other and setting up information to allow people to pursue particular topics at different levels of depth, depending on their interest. Most people are unaware of the commands that enable their browser to display when a document was last modified. In addition, the nature of hypertextual documents make it easy for the creator to lose track of this, so sign and date time sensitive documents. This will tell visitors, and you, how up to date the information and links on your pages is, and make maintaining them easier. A Member of the Verio Group.