Day: May 10, 2006

As we mentioned in Business Website Tip #253, when potential customers come to your site, there is a good chance they are looking for information. There is a chance they do not want to watch a video or Flash animation before they are even brought to a page on the site with navigation or actual copy they can read. If you really need to show some sort of video or animation on your site, at least provide a skip button, so the majority of users who want information can bypass the theatrics and get to the information.

The people of the web thank you…

In case it wasn’t clear, the Jargon File’s definition of hacker:

A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users’ Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.

If still in doubt, get the full definition of hacker.