detect visitors connection speed

[chris]

hi all,

is there a way that a script can detect the connection speed of a visitor,
so that I can direct slower connection to a standard site and faster
DSL/cable users to a flash copy of the site etc.

thanks in advance

[T. Relyea]

Re: detect visitors connection speed

chris wrote:
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> hi all,
>
> is there a way that a script can detect the connection speed of a visitor,
> so that I can direct slower connection to a standard site and faster
> DSL/cable users to a flash copy of the site etc.
>
> thanks in advance[/color]

As there are a number of factors that effect the speed of the connection,
you're probably better off giving users a main screen where they can decide
themselves which site to enter.

Personally, I have a high speed connection, but often opt for the standard HTML
site when given the choice. Too often web designers will try to show-off
their prowess in flash programming without adding anything extra to the
content of the site.

Todd

[Margaret MacDonald]

Re: detect visitors connection speed

T. Relyea wrote:
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>Personally, I have a high speed connection, but often opt for the standard HTML
>site when given the choice. Too often web designers will try to show-off
>their prowess in flash programming without adding anything extra to the
>content of the site.[/color]

Agreed. I've never seen a site where I was actually wiser after
sitting through someone's flash programming. It always seems like
animated junk mail, to me, so now I refuse to tolerate it. If there
isn't an alternate way in, I go elsewhere.

Margaret
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[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: detect visitors connection speed

In article <40deedd7$1@fun nel.arach.net.a u>, chris wrote:[color=blue]
> hi all,
>
> is there a way that a script can detect the connection speed of a visitor,
> so that I can direct slower connection to a standard site and faster
> DSL/cable users to a flash copy of the site etc.[/color]

That would be silly, because i only have links on the server with
gigabit connection.


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Tim Van Wassenhove <http://home.mysth.be/~timvw>

[Michael Austin]

Re: detect visitors connection speed

Margaret MacDonald wrote:
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> T. Relyea wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Personally, I have a high speed connection, but often opt for the standard HTML
>>site when given the choice. Too often web designers will try to show-off
>>their prowess in flash programming without adding anything extra to the
>>content of the site.[/color]
>
>
> Agreed. I've never seen a site where I was actually wiser after
> sitting through someone's flash programming. It always seems like
> animated junk mail, to me, so now I refuse to tolerate it. If there
> isn't an alternate way in, I go elsewhere.
>
> Margaret[/color]

ditto.

Michael Austin.

[Benny Hill]

Re: detect visitors connection speed

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:00:29 +0000, Michael Austin wrote:
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>> Agreed. I've never seen a site where I was actually wiser after
>> sitting through someone's flash programming. It always seems like
>> animated junk mail, to me, so now I refuse to tolerate it. If there
>> isn't an alternate way in, I go elsewhere.
>>
>> Margaret[/color]
>
> ditto.
>
> Michael Austin.[/color]

I'll agree with Margaret and Michael. One of my favorite things about
Mozilla Firefox is that I don't have to see Flash at all.