[LINK] Worrying about the Dark Ages (was Re: ANAO report: Government Agencies' Management of their Websites)

[Stilgherrian]

On 19/12/2008, at 12:43 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> Unfortunately ANAO offer the PDF document on their web site before
> the HTML summary, so many people will end up with 1.7 Mbytes of PDF
> download, when they most likely would be happier with 40 Kbytes of  
> web page.


Worrying that someone can't download 1.7MB of data in 2008 -- a mere 2  
seconds at ADSL2+ speeds, and even only 10 seconds on the Next G  
network card in my laptop, for an entire government report -- is like  
worrying that ABC2 TV programs can't be received by telegram. There  
comes a point where we just have to stop worrying about people who  
have steam-driven gearwheel computers or live in a cave. Discuss.

Stil



Disclosure: The Next G card is provided to me free by Telstra Country  
Wide. It doesn't stop me saying things like the screenshot at http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/the-scrum/to-be-liked-or-not-to-be-liked-that-is-the-question 
  which is also http://is.gd/c6Jo ... ;)


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