October 11, 2002

Belated Photo Album

Posted by Scott at 11:03 PM

After having assorted fun trying to get my old unix tools back up and running, I decided to try to figure out how to start using my .Mac account. I uploaded my latest pictures from earlier this week and made this album(Album removed...). Enjoy!

Update: I got a quick report from my sister the next day that these style pages are much slower in loading than my traditional style when using a dialup modem. I quickly tried it out with my 28.8 connection on my old P133 laptop and it seemed slower, especially the thumbnail page. Can any other dialup users confirm this? Does it seem significantly slower than most of the other older albums listed in Sights and Sounds?

Update 2: I spoke with my folks who also found it slow to load. I decided to "peel the onion" a bit and find out what goes on inside that slide show format built into the .Mac services. It is rife with JavaScript, which I rarely trust beyond one or two lines worth. I'll soon replace that album with one done in my more traditional style of leaner, faster loading code. I'm sorry if it felt more like the World Wide Wait. You don't know if you don't try.

Update 3: Here is a traditional style album.

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