TTWorld...

[Eddie Bernard]

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

I haven't actually made any changes content wise as I haven't had enough
time. I have been working on this update flat out from Friday night, to now,
Sunday night. It sure has kept me busy. The main changes are in the frame.
It's gone!!! I decided to completely eradicate the frame because to be
honest, to me seemed very unsightly and ugly. It was also a hell of a job
trying to squash in all those buttons. The removal of the frame has led to a
complete redesign as far as the navbar is concerned. All the buttons are now
a crisp clean looking green. The buttons, according to one observer (Paul
have been described as,

"cool! i like it"

With the elimination of the frame has meant a lot of tables have been used
instead. These I think have made the site look a lot easier, and the layout
is better. The major font has changed, it is now Tahoma, rather than Times
New Roman.

So if you will AGMTT Netizens, take a trip to http://www.ttworld.cjb.net and
see what you think. Remember if you have anything to say about the site,
please do not hesitate to get in touch with me, and I will reply pretty
soon.

Thanks very much,

Eddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net

[Eddie Bernard]

Josef Drexler <jdrex...@julian.uwo.canada> wrote

I like it...

Mostly...

Muchas gracias senor!

Some things that might be improved:
- no underlining of text; this should be reserved for links. It makes it
a bit confusing if you can't immediately identify a link

I'll see what I can do for next update.

- automatic playing of the midi file; I don't like it but we've been
through this before

Whoops! I'll do that now. I didn't notice this. Thanks for telling me.

Eddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net

[Patchman]

In article <872ie3$v4...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, Eddie Bernard says...

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

I like it...

Mostly...

Some things that might be improved:
- no underlining of text; this should be reserved for links. It makes it
a bit confusing if you can't immediately identify a link
- automatic playing of the midi file; I don't like it but we've been
through this before

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[Eddie Bernard]

Eddie Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote

Josef Drexler <jdrex...@julian.uwo.canada> wrote

- automatic playing of the midi file; I don't like it but we've been
through this before

Whoops! I'll do that now. I didn't notice this. Thanks for telling me.

Hmm...as far as I can see, it says...

<embed width="247" height="48" src="ttdshort.mid" autostart=false>

...which is correct. It doesn't autoplay for me. Where is the problem?

Eddie

[Patchman]

In article <872k2u$8...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, Eddie Bernard says...

Eddie Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote
Josef Drexler <jdrex...@julian.uwo.canada> wrote

- automatic playing of the midi file; I don't like it but we've been
through this before

Whoops! I'll do that now. I didn't notice this. Thanks for telling me.

Hmm...as far as I can see, it says...

embed width="247" height="48" src="ttdshort.mid" autostart=false

...which is correct. It doesn't autoplay for me. Where is the problem?

Ooops... I've reinstalled an older version of Quicktime and apparently
it doesn't honour the autostart flag. So it's not your fault
Sorry about that.

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[Mike Wagstaff]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 23:43:39 -0000, "Eddie Bernard" <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote:

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

Very nice for the most part!

If you will allow me one tiny criticism, however...

I'm not too fond of your navbar - couldn't you just use a
normal table, rather than using all those JPG's? After all,
some of use only have 56 Kb/s access! Your navbar weighs in
at around a rather hefty 350 KB in total...

Also, the Patches link didn't seem to be working, but that
might just be a teething problem...

Sorry for sounding so miserably negative! Apart from that,
very nice work!

-Mike [http://games.hplx.net]

[Eddie Bernard]

Mike Wagstaffwrote

Eddie Bernard wrote:

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

Very nice for the most part!

...But....

If you will allow me one tiny criticism, however...

Sounds ominous....

I'm not too fond of your navbar - couldn't you just use a
normal table, rather than using all those JPG's? After all,
some of use only have 56 Kb/s access! Your navbar weighs in
at around a rather hefty 350 KB in total...

Right you are. *****BUT*****, and I cannot stress this one enough; but you
download that once. That is because it goes into the Temporary Internet
Files folder. Ahhh....and then on the next page you need one new button. And
then that's it.
The old navbar, the ugly red thing was *very* small, just 3kb. That was a
PNG, and was all the images squashed into one.
I think the navbar looks good, and so does everyone else. The slow time as I
have mentioned should only happen once.

Also, the Patches link didn't seem to be working, but that
might just be a teething problem...

Teething problems? TTWorld has been going since October I'll have you know


I haven't had any problems. I've validated all the links, they work fine.
The page is there. Maybe the server was just being fussy. It a Win NT server
you see. Despite it being of Microsoft origin, its speed compared to a Unix
one, which has been the case for the .itgo. site and the .the-whale. site,
is a lot faster.

Sorry for sounding so miserably negative! Apart from that,
very nice work!

Don't worry. I get at least one of these every week

Eddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net

[Sean Casey]

Eddie Bernard wrote in message <874ve8$v8...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>...

Mike Wagstaffwrote
Eddie Bernard wrote:

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

Very nice for the most part!

...But....

If you will allow me one tiny criticism, however...

Sounds ominous....

I'm not too fond of your navbar - couldn't you just use a
normal table, rather than using all those JPG's? After all,
some of use only have 56 Kb/s access! Your navbar weighs in
at around a rather hefty 350 KB in total...

Right you are. *****BUT*****, and I cannot stress this one enough; but you
download that once. That is because it goes into the Temporary Internet
Files folder. Ahhh....and then on the next page you need one new button.
And
then that's it.
The old navbar, the ugly red thing was *very* small, just 3kb. That was a
PNG, and was all the images squashed into one.
I think the navbar looks good, and so does everyone else. The slow time as
I
have mentioned should only happen once.
[snipped]

Yes that's OK, but I -and many others, I suppose- flush the IE cache (ooer)
quite regularly and would loose those files.
I will be fine as I have the show pics option permanetly off to cater for
X-Stream's (usual) slowness and only d/l stuff I want to see.

[Mike Wagstaff]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:38:56 -0000, "Eddie Bernard" <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote:

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

Very nice for the most part!

...But....

As someone I know once remarked, "I feel a but coming...".
That raised a few eyebrows!

I'm not too fond of your navbar - couldn't you just use a
normal table, rather than using all those JPG's? After all,
some of use only have 56 Kb/s access! Your navbar weighs in
at around a rather hefty 350 KB in total...

Right you are. *****BUT*****, and I cannot stress this one enough; but you
download that once. That is because it goes into the Temporary Internet
Files folder. Ahhh....and then on the next page you need one new button. And
then that's it.

That's true for IE users at least. But I was thinking that
you could use the same JPG button image for all the buttons.
By using a table, you could use the same image as the
background image for each cell and then add the appropriate
text. That way, you get to keep the fetching green buttons,
cut down on the KB's and stop me complaining!

Also, the Patches link didn't seem to be working, but that
might just be a teething problem...

Teething problems? TTWorld has been going since October I'll have you know

I apologise unreservedly!

I haven't had any problems. I've validated all the links, they work fine.
The page is there. Maybe the server was just being fussy.

Yup, must have a *server* teething problem!

Sorry for sounding so miserably negative! Apart from that,
very nice work!

Don't worry. I get at least one of these every week

Sorry, I'll try and cut back...

-Mike [http://games.hplx.net]

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Eddie Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> a écrit dans le message :
872ie3$v4...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...

...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

I can't find your server!

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Rémi
Reply address invalid.
(Look at organization for website)

Eddie
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net

[Eddie Bernard]

Sean Casey <G...@gcasey.FR££$£RV£.co.uk> wrote

Yes that's OK, but I -and many others, I suppose- flush the IE cache
(ooer)
quite regularly and would loose those files.
I will be fine as I have the show pics option permanetly off to cater for
X-Stream's (usual) slowness and only d/l stuff I want to see.

You an X-Stream user as well?
The network groans under the immense weight of calls to it. It's tough to
get on, but when I get on, I can get about 3Kb bandwidth. Impressive for an
0800 ISP.

Eddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
Email address spam trapped - to email, remove that damn sarcasm

[Eddie Bernard]

Rémi Denis-Courmont <i_don't_want.spamm...@to.discover.it> wrote in message
news:SjFl4.186$L71.1135758@nnrp1.proxad.net...

Eddie Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> a écrit dans le message :
872ie3$v4...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

I can't find your server!

Hmmm...
Erm....

As I've mentioned a few times, the Win NT server that the site runs on can
be very temperamental. Try again, there should be no problems as far as I
can tell.

http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
http://www.ttworld.ic24.net

The second should only be used if the very slow CJB redirector doesn't
respond.

Eeddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
Email address spam trapped - to email, remove that damn sarcasm

[Sean Casey]

Eddie Bernard wrote in message <877ib6$r9...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...

Sean Casey <G...@gcasey.FR££$£RV£.co.uk> wrote

Yes that's OK, but I -and many others, I suppose- flush the IE cache
(ooer)
quite regularly and would loose those files.
I will be fine as I have the show pics option permanetly off to cater for
X-Stream's (usual) slowness and only d/l stuff I want to see.

You an X-Stream user as well?
The network groans under the immense weight of calls to it. It's tough to
get on, but when I get on, I can get about 3Kb bandwidth. Impressive for an
0800 ISP.

Hehe, I can get upto 4kb/sec. so nyarrr It's more likely to be around 2k

though
Is there anyway to read this NG on X-stream? I'm not going to use Deja.
Ever.

Oh, how long does it take you to get through? Normally I have to try about
12 times, but I can be on that 0800 line for literally *hours*.

[Paul Wright]

I always use the ic24 one, It seems to be quicker for me...

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Eddie Bernard <eddie@I_luurrrve_spam.ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote in message
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: Rémi Denis-Courmont <i_don't_want.spamm...@to.discover.it> wrote in
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: news:SjFl4.186$L71.1135758@nnrp1.proxad.net...
: > Eddie Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> a écrit dans le message :
: > 872ie3$v4...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
: > > ...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO
: >
: > I can't find your server!
:
: Hmmm...
: Erm....
:
: As I've mentioned a few times, the Win NT server that the site runs on can
: be very temperamental. Try again, there should be no problems as far as I
: can tell.
:
: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
: http://www.ttworld.ic24.net
:
: The second should only be used if the very slow CJB redirector doesn't
: respond.
:
: Eeddie
: -- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
: -- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
: Email address spam trapped - to email, remove that damn sarcasm
:
:

[Paul Wright]

<SMUG>
Well I get 5kb usually on BTi, and I always get on first time
</SMUG>

Small price to pay is £11.50 [but why not just £12.00???????? EWasier to
bill you'd think]

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Sean Casey <G...@gcasey.FR££$£RV£.co.uk> wrote in message
news:877o3g$7j5$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
:
: Eddie Bernard wrote in message <877ib6$r9...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
: >Sean Casey <G...@gcasey.FR££$£RV£.co.uk> wrote
: >
: >> Yes that's OK, but I -and many others, I suppose- flush the IE cache
: >(ooer)
: >> quite regularly and would loose those files.
: >> I will be fine as I have the show pics option permanetly off to cater
for
: >> X-Stream's (usual) slowness and only d/l stuff I want to see.
: >
: >You an X-Stream user as well?
: >The network groans under the immense weight of calls to it. It's tough to
: >get on, but when I get on, I can get about 3Kb bandwidth. Impressive for
an
: >0800 ISP.
: >
: Hehe, I can get upto 4kb/sec. so nyarrr It's more likely to be around
2k
: though
: Is there anyway to read this NG on X-stream? I'm not going to use Deja.
: Ever.
:
: Oh, how long does it take you to get through? Normally I have to try about
: 12 times, but I can be on that 0800 line for literally *hours*.
:
:

[Eddie Bernard]

Paul Wright <paul_a_wri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:s9h4605ser210@corp.supernews.com...

I always use the ic24 one, It seems to be quicker for me...

It should be for everyone. CJB sometimes can take a long time to redirect.

Eddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
Email address spam trapped - to email, remove that damn sarcasm

[Sean Casey]

Paul Wright wrote in message ...

SMUG
Well I get 5kb usually on BTi, and I always get on first time
/SMUG

Small price to pay is £11.50 [but why not just £12.00???????? EWasier to
bill you'd think]

Small price to pay for X-stream, £0.00 a month.

I was considering using BT i. but BT are supposedly going to offer
"surftime" options where you can use any ISP and have free off peak acces
(mon. to Fri.) for only £7/month.

[Bill Hayles]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:42:24 -0000, "Paul Wright"
<paul_a_wri...@hotmail.com> wrote:

SMUG
Well I get 5kb usually on BTi, and I always get on first time
/SMUG

JEALOUS

Try surfing where your three ISPs give you 500, 275 and 250 bytes
respectively after about 1800.

The only time I get decent speed (>2kb) is on Sunday mornings.

Yes, I always get on first time - they've plenty of incoming lines but
precious little bandwidth
</JEALOUS>

From Benitachell, Alicante, Spain
Bill Hayles
bill...@ctv.es

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Eddie Bernard <eddie@I_luurrrve_spam.ttworld.the-whale.com> a écrit dans le
message : 877iep$rb...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...

Rémi Denis-Courmont <i_don't_want.spamm...@to.discover.it> wrote in
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Eddie Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> a écrit dans le message :
872ie3$v4...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
...is back and is looking smarter than ever, IMHO

I can't find your server!

Well, it did today (which will mean yesterday when I'll post that).
Your site look good out. I've only got a problem while clicking on the
ListBot/Subscribe button which didn't work at all.

Hmmm...
Erm....

As I've mentioned a few times, the Win NT server that the site runs on can
be very temperamental. Try again, there should be no problems as far as I
can tell.

http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
http://www.ttworld.ic24.net

In fact, CJB worked, but IC24 didn't (apparently).

The second should only be used if the very slow CJB redirector doesn't
respond.

Eeddie

Rrémi!

> -- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net

[Paul Wright]

Do you pay for internet or is it fixed rate/unmetered

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Bill Hayles <bill...@ctv.es> wrote in message
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: On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:42:24 -0000, "Paul Wright"
: <paul_a_wri...@hotmail.com> wrote:
:
: ><SMUG>
: > Well I get 5kb usually on BTi, and I always get on first time
: ></SMUG>
: >
: <JEALOUS>
: Try surfing where your three ISPs give you 500, 275 and 250 bytes
: respectively after about 1800.
:
: The only time I get decent speed (>2kb) is on Sunday mornings.
:
: Yes, I always get on first time - they've plenty of incoming lines but
: precious little bandwidth
: </JEALOUS>
:
: From Benitachell, Alicante, Spain
: Bill Hayles
: bill...@ctv.es