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Originally posted by Xeeder
The total size of the swf file is 288KB, that takes about 0,5 seconds to load for people with a broadband connection and about 4,8 seconds for people with a smallband connection. Sorry but people who can't wait that long just aren't worth it to visit the site. Anyway if I had done it without flash it would certainly have been more than 288KB and it would be much slower because the visitor would have to load multiple files.
Also, that's assuming all or most of the internet connection is dedicated to loading this site,- I'm on 2mb broadband and typically (along with many internet users) run WLM, a torrent engine/p2p client and many tabs in firefox while browsing, I know of few people who do one task at a time. When I loaded your website it took around 8 seconds to load, not a long time, but considering many people have an attention span that is minimal, it can be crucial. I think the statistic was something like 3 seconds to load or the average surfer will loose interest (that is when someone is used to instant loading with broadband). Using JS would greatly reduce it's loading time and make it near instant, I know I could code it under 288kb.
BTW: I'm not having a go or critisising at all, the site itself I love, it's a great design, I'm just stating a fact is all, no insulting or any comment of the such meant by it 
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