If you can not trust in the honest efforts of a single individual, working alone to promote a world wide change in the writing of web pages, this effort will have all been for nothing.... I'm willing to take that risk !!

This is really simple !! Anybody can do it !! Join the Revolution !!! Everybody knows time is money. Wouldn't you like to save your web page viewers lots of time by creatively using the "ALT=" command in all your graphics banners and image Maps.

These days those with slower computers and those in a bit of a hurry are simply turning "OFF" the graphics in the Options Menu. Most graphics are a pretty or boastful "picture" that a well paid graphics specialist spent hours creating to catch your attention. What, I believe, the "creators" have failed to realize is that they caught "our" attention "one click ago" and all they really have to do is "keep it" long enough to "sell" or "inform" us. Rarely will they accomplish that task if "we", the potential customer, are forced to wait for two, three four or more 10 to 50K graphics of........whatever !!! This is especially if you're paying for access time by-the-minute............... OUCH !!!

Even a guy like me, who knows virtually nothing about web page writing or editing, sort of figured out how to use the space where the graphics were "going to go". This change was intended to make the page 100% usable from the moment the page was loaded.

Think of the possibilities for making another statement to your viewers "while" they wait for the graphics.

If you truly don't know what I'm talking about, you can view what I tried first hand at my Example Page. BEFORE YOU CLICK--TURN OFF THE GRAPHICS-- (I warned you!) I modified the format (if you want to call it that) in less than an hour (maybe only thirty minutes) including the upload time. It should take less that 5 seconds to load at 1-2 kbs/sec without the graphics but about 80 seconds with graphics.

At this point, I must say that I have viewed my "presentation" on two other browsers besides my Netscape 3 and it's not the same so there I more here than just a few more keystrokes. That being so, I feel certain someone will figure it out and then advertise and market a product to address the problems

You can see, if you select the Document Source from the View Menu, that there is no genius at work here. I just thought it would be considerate of me to utilize "the space" for something constructive or useful while the viewer waits and/or has the graphics turned off.

Furthermore, I would truly love to see EVERYBODY adopt this change but I realize that only a very small number of people are going to see this page unless I can pay for its placement through PostMaster or some other such service. I utilized Submit-It to get it this far but financial support will help me spread the word much faster and to a much larger audience.

Web Revolution

c/o John Tuttle

407 19th Ave

Bricktown, NJ

08724

If you want verification that your gift has been received, you must give me your E-mail address. Most likely I'll give a progress report with my return reply.

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I wouldn't ask for your support if I felt for an instant that this wasn't a revolutionary idea that needs to be exploited. Heck, I can't even afford to have my pages checked by a pro to see if they're written correctly, let alone invest in the research that will be required to reach my goal. So join me.

The records I keep are for my personal use only.

The Revolution Begins !!!!!!!

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K.I.S.S.

Keep It Simple Stupid

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This page was written on June 26, 1996.

Kiss Diputs All monies collected will be reported to the I.R.S. and State as Business Income (Other)

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Last Revised on March 9, 2002 by John A. Tuttle