Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 15:10:07 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: mpcd@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Snazzier FreeBSD home page Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960608145809.303Q-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199606081949.TAA00034@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, Sean Kelly wrote: > Seriously, I could are less how many times other people have visited a > particular page. Low number, I read the page. High number, I read > the page. I suppose the relevant question here (for which I don't have a handy answer) is whether or not you represent web surfers in general, or if you are an exception. 8-) I think graphical counters should be banned, since they usually break leaving your browser hanging until you figure out that its just another damn counter image you are waiting for and hit the big red stop button. There is also the fact of their wild inaccuracy because they (the ones I've actually looked into) are only triggered by browsers coming that (a) support images and (b) have image loading turned on, never mind caching. Also, people have been known to hook them up to random number generators. (Cooool! maybe we should upgrade freefall to -current so I can pipe /dev/random into the home page!!!) -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================
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