We Love ASP
Kevin emailed us this:
When The Zambian first launched in 2000 it consisted of dozens and dozens of static HTML files. This was the easiest way to get content out. Give a contributor a copy of FrontPage or Dreamweaver and they could create all the content they wanted. The only problem with this approach was everything about it. From the size of the page, to the layout to the very core fundamentals of good design, everything was wrong. For example, the home page of the site came in at around 80KB which on a 28.8 Kbps modem would take forever to download. Why on earth would you use a 28.8 Kbps connection? Well in the year 2000, most of our statistics indicated that our target audience would be using Windows computers running Internet Explorer with screen resolutions of 800 * 600 pixels and connecting to the Internet over dial-up connections. At the same time, our general […]
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