Ok, tell me what you think.

http://myvirtualagents.com/gifflogo.htm

I will use this as my waiting image when my tour is opening.

I guess the top line www.longtion.com is a giva away. Guess it was done with Gif Animator.

This having been said, I would not use this image as a wait image.

Why? Look at its size, 328 kb. an not animated version would weight probably around 12 to 15 kb.

So I defenitely would not use a 328kb wait images to wait for a 250kb panorama :-)

Just my opinion. The loadbar should entertain enough to have the client waiting.

Regards Markus

Ok, tell me if this take a while to load.

New tour that I just did testing the waiting image.

http://hometour360network.com/provider/myvirtualagents/12670_cardinal/Tourviewer_12670_cardinal.html

Thoughts ??

We are using aDSL 1.5mbpsi download speed (compared to 56kbps dial up).  The animated .gif completed its loop and stopped at 1 minute lapsed time.  The page was displayed at the end of 1 minute 7 seconds.  Total broadband download time 67 seconds.

In order to keep a visitor on site and hold their interest keeping them from leaving a webpage should download in 18 seconds or less.  Most of our full screen panoramas broadband download in probably less than 20 seconds.

You might consider using a non animated 'Wait' screen.  Over 60 seconds is far to long to wait to see your clients product.  That is the goal... show the paying client their product.   

Yeah ! You are correct.

Try the tour now and let me know how long it takes, I took the giff out and put a still logo.

http://hometour360network.com/provider/myvirtualagents/12670_cardinal/Tourviewer_12670_cardinal.html

Thanks

Todd

The logo opened in 20 seconds.. The new window should be opening so that it fits inside a 1024x768 browser window..this small window still takes 56 seconds to full load.  this is an indication the content is delaying the full downloading in a respectable 30 seconds.  Suggest trimmimg out some of the page weight.

Dave