Why does HV/Net look the way it does, not “high end” design?
Back in 1996 when HV/Net first started, the possibilities of design on the Internet were still pretty limited. At that time the primary option for doing graphic design was by making use of what are called “plug ins”. These required the viewer to install the plug in, reboot the computer and then come back somehow to the web site. Not a very efficient way to display information. So we determined that we would implement no features on any of our venues that required a plug in for our primary displays. That created major limitations on the display of information and graphic images. In essence, it limited the presentation to individual graphic images embedded into plain text. Over the years things have become much more friendly in the world of the Internet for more complex presentations. But as with all things, there are down sides to everything. The more complex the presentation the longer it takes to download.
