On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 21:45 +0100, Stut wrote: > On 8 Oct 2008, at 21:44, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 16:33 -0400, Wolf wrote: > >> <!-- SNIP --> > >>> Redirects make sense IMO. IIRC the Yahoo guidelines say not to > >>> redirect after a form POST, but unless you have a ka-jillion page > >>> views a second (or, "a lot"), then I don't think it's a concern. > >> > >> Wait, Yahell has guidelines?!?!? > >> > >> You always have to look at the User Experience. You don't want to > >> annoy or p!ss off your users or they will find a site like yours > >> that doesn't p!ss them off. If it makes sense to re-direct the > >> user after a successful login, then go ahead and do it. > >> > >> Of course, I don't care if I p!ss off someone who is trying to run > >> malicious code on my site or find a hidden piece. Then a redirect > >> to ratemypoo seems like a good idea to me! > >> > >> Wolf > >> > > The only redirects that have p!ssed me off before are those ones that > > big sites put in to make room for their adverts. On more than one > > occassion I've decided to look elsewhere for whatever it was I was > > looking for, although it tends only to be game and (legal) download > > sites that do this. > > Yeah, I hate it when companies try to make a profit. Don't they know > everything on the Internet is supposed to be free?!?!?!? > > Find your stuff elsewhere by all means, but don't slate sites for > using advertising to pay for your FREE usage of their service. > > -Stut > > PS. For those sarcasm-detector-challenged out there the first > paragraph was full of sarcasm. > I'm not against advertising, just this kind. It makes you sit through a 30 second long advert before you get to the sweet stuff. Now, I don't have a bandwidth limit, but what about those users who do? Inline adverts are better, and Google has them worked to a tee. If the model doesn't work for the big companies then, it's time to find a new model, but I think one in which the visitors to a site are treated like TV viewers is not the way to go. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
