The last two posts show that you can't please them all :-}

The images were sized to keep them compact and in total the images are about 120K which is not large. On my broadband connection it takes the page about a second to load. Obviously making the whole thing text only would make it much faster loading, but using images helps to give the site a distinctive identity and, hopefully, an attractive appearance. At the end of the day, it is about compromise between a variety of often conflicting factors: Speed of loading, ease of navigation, quality of information and attractive appearance being among them.

I have seen some pretty dire commercial websites where "corporate image" dominates all other factors. The Sage, Gateshead is one such. Trying to find hard information about their activities apart from concerts can be a real pain - and they have some excellent workshops and the like, if you can find them.

Most of the feedback I have had on the Cleveland Recorder Society website has been positive, btw.

Geoff