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moltar - 6:23 pm on Mar 31, 2005 (gmt 0)


It's actually a useful feature if used right. Think about:

I am sure there are way more useful applications. Some gallery scripts were doing this with JavaScript even before the feature was released by Mozilla.

Remember - user experience is key. If user thinks your site is way faster then your competitor's site - they will come back to you. Read "The Need for Speed [useit.com]" by Jakob Nielsen.

Research on a wide variety of hypertext systems has shown that users need response times of less than one second when moving from one page to another if they are to navigate freely through an information space. Traditional human factors research into response times also shows the need for response times faster than a second. For example, studies done at IBM in the 1970s and 1980s found that mainframe users were more productive when the time between hitting a function key and getting the requested screen was less than a second.

[edit]added quote[/edit]

[edited by: moltar at 6:31 pm (utc) on Mar. 31, 2005]

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