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What REALLY happens on a highway? Yup. You get stuck. Same thing on the Web... Press reload. Stop. Press it again. Stop. Sit there for hours trying to load a page! How many times have you clicked on a link you KNOW works, but nothing happens? Frustrating, huh? Just like traffic.
Are we there yet?
Aha. Another thing: Traffic Jams! You know, like trying to link to ESPNet where EVERYONE in the world seems to go. It's like trying to drive from UH to Waikiki in rush hour traffic. Yeah, you eventually get there, but the sun has probably set by then.
Yes, just like the highway and traffic, there are LAWS. Pedophiles, Abortion Rally Leaders, and Computer Hackers: BEWARE! The law is lookin' to shut you down! Your first Amendment rights have been revoked with the right to remain silent! I don't care HOW badly you want the alt.binaries.pictures.sheep newsgroup!
Accidents are another part of highway life. I'm sure by now everyone has had one of those "Netscape has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" messages. AAArrgghh! You killed Netscape! I'm gonna tell the Lab Monitor on you!
Lastly, keep in mind that when you're on the info-superhighway, you can CHOOSE where you want to go. You control your own destiny. You got enough gas in your vehicle to go non-stop to wherever you're heading. No need to stop at Cowboy Bob's Cow Pie Buffet even though it's on the way to Disneyland! Just go! You are a rebel! You are BAD TO THE BONE!
Links are your ticket to countless information you may desire. Putting links your homepage will take much thought and effort. You won't see a link going to Barney the Dinosaur on Leon James' homepage, because it is simply inappropriate. Each link you have must serve a significant purpose on your page, or people will hate your site.
Your page should have a sense of organization, or again people will hate you. You don't just put all sorts of links all over the place, expecting the reader to be pleased. Group your kinks by category, or by a specific topic, so the viewer doesn't get confused. Here is an example of a site people hate. I hear the author was just learning how to MAKE a homepage, paying little or no attention to ORGANIZATION. Forgive him.
The Movie Sounds Page -- Everything here is nicely organized. Nothing fancy, yet strangely nice to look at. All links serve its purpose, and are not over-used.
Midifile Jukebox -- I was surprised at how organized his place was. I thought it would be a whole bunch of MIDI files thrown into a pile that you have to search. To my shock, everything was kept in order by category and stuff. If you have a sound card, you need theCrescendo plug-in.
World Roots Music Sources -- I have never seen so many unorganized links on one page!!! You must see to believe... Repulsive! I pity anyone foolish enough to bookmark this page. And did this site take only 5 minutes to put up? Even my sister could do better than that, and she doesn't even know what HTML is!
Crappy Site #2 -- This place also sucks because all it has is a list of links. It doesn't even have a title! Remember what I said about people hate an unorganized site and blah blah blah? This site is the perfect example of what NOT to do!