Which way to the Web?

Software Magazine, Sept, 1998 by Mathew Schwartz

On the other hand, the University of Miami is shying away from making its student system, Easy, too graphical. "We've talked about that and argued internally," says Zucker. At issue: How much graphics really slow down a Web session, compared with how much they can enhance it. "Our compromise is that for pages that are like a menu we'll throw a picture on, but the ones that are the registration screen, we leave the pictures off," he says.

This is because lots of students don't use broadband--many still dial in on 14.4 modems.

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