I don't know who "they" are either, but I am one of them that if the page is taking to long I will move on, unless I have a specific reason that I have to be at that site. In the business world that is fairly critical as you do not want to lose customers!!! I have a 56k dial up, and I don't like any bells & whistles that cause pages to slow down. "Intros" that are flash usually get the skip button clicked on. Now of course those with hi speed connections don't have as much of a problem, but there are a lot of us dial up old cronies still out there too. If you use the large download bells & whistles on your pages, then at least give us a way of skipping around it. And yes, bad code, whether html or something else can easily freeze or lock up a computer. Sometimes I use Netscape to view mail at iwon.com, and some html email's will freeze me up solid!!! I have a Dell 400 with plenty of memory. Not too old, but not new either. Always keep in mind how the internet and browsers work.... the page, and *everything* on it, is downloaded to your hard drive and then displayed in IE or Netscape or whatever you use from your hard drive. Thanks for the netmechanic!!! Thanks jimmy.... wearing a cc and visitors hat!!! TooFem@aol.com wrote: > If the computer is ancient and the connection speed is very low - computers > can freeze up. And while not everyone has DNS or cable connection - most > have 56K now - and if not - the person is accustomed to being booted off or > having their computer freeze. > > It is not only the music scripts that may cause problems - also Java scripts > and some HTML. Flash doesn't - that why it is far superior to anything else > out there. > > There is a great engine that one can test her pages - <A HREF="http://www.netmechanic.com/">HTML code help, search > engine optimization and web site maintenance tools by NetMechanic.</A> > > Not only will it tell you if you have HTML errors - it will also tell you > what systems (if any) will have problems with your pages. This is a free > service and worth the time and effort to test pages. Especially the front > page of our sites. > > "They say" (I want to know who they are:) if the front page takes longer than > 12 seconds to load - most people will move on before the page loads - by > clicking back or closing the window. This will tell you how fast your pages > load according to connection speeds. > > MK Harrison > <A HREF="http://mkharrison.com">mkharrison.com</A> > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabarrow/">Barrow County, GA</A> > <A HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/landing/homelandsweeps2/landing2.html?SourceCode=3913&iid=3913%3A+Sweepstakes+1">Ancestry.com</A> > I don't know what kind of weapons will be used in the third world war, > assuming there will be a third world war. But I can tell you what the fourth > world war will be fought with - stone clubs. -Albert Einstein > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > This list is for volunteers of the GAGenWeb Project. If you wish to address only the GAGenWeb Board, send your email to: > <GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com>

> Always keep in mind how the internet and browsers work.... the page, and *everything* on it, is downloaded to your hard drive and then > displayed in IE or Netscape or whatever you use from your hard drive. So are you saying that it might not only be html, music, etc. but it could be the interent or our browsers that cause the freezes? Is there anyway to tell specifically what's causing a problem? Bettie <><