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Review
Page: Irish Tribute to Nirvana
Reviewer: Robert
Brooks
Date: March 19, 1999
IntroductionThere have been quite a few sites that are dedicated to Nirvana. Out of those few, some of those sites dedicated from a certain country. Indeed, it can be something that fans from that particular country to take pride in, that is...if the page is good.
Connectivity Test
About the test:
All browsers were closed before the test.
Order of testing were in alphabetical order.
Address for the main page, or page that consists of contents, or the page that was viewed in the screenshot was pasted in the testing browser.
Time was ended when the icon in the top right hand corner stopped.
U.S. Robotics Practical Winmodem 56k installed during test.
Time shown in minute/second format.
Read the Disclaimer for more information
Browser Time Internet Explorer 5 00:47 Opera 01:04 Neoplanet 00:12 Netscape 00:46 What went on here? Neoplanet seemed to have a fun time downloading this page. Twice as fast the 2nd fastest, Netscape. It seems that if you go to the page a few times, the page will download quicker. Especially if you visit IE before Neoplanet. Still, the time is a bit dissapointing, but it can always be improved with the layout and images.
Disclaimer: The connection test was done on a 56k Winmodem connected at 34,666 bps. Remember download times will vary depending on your modem speed, browser, server of the page, telephone line activity, and your internet service provide (ISP). This will not guarantee that the page will download at the same rate on your computer as it does mine, this is just an estimate.
Graphics
About the test:
Matrox Millenium G200 8MB used.
ASTVision 4I monitor used at 16-bit color and 800x600 pixels.
Browsers tested: IE 5/Opera 3.51/Netscape Navigator 4.01/NeoPlanet 2.0.
Upon entrance to the page, you are greeted with a fairly large image, background, and two Ireland flags on the top of the page. When you click on the image you will be directed to the main page.
The organization of the page is more like a magazine article. You have such and such sections here, a picture here. The pictures are very small thumnails, which can be convienent. However since there are a lot of these images, time really can go by.
Information
Provided with the number of sections this page has, there appears to be plenty of information. The following sections listed are relevant to information. If possible, there will be a description and impression of each listed section:
Kurt
Suicide Note and Image - This section has an image of the note, as well as a text version for it. The background, however, makes the text hard to read.
Kurt's Death Certificate - An image of his death certificate.
Kurt's Home Away From Home - Images from the Wishkah river and bridge, where Kurt lived for a while when he was a teenager.
Kurt's body - By clicking here, you can see a newspaper article that shows Kurt's body lying in the green house.
Kurt's first attempt - Image of Kurt in an ambulance and Courtney in tears.
Courteny Interview - A pretty rare interview with Courtney about many topics.
Other
Lyrics - Directs you to Smiley's Nirvana page Lyrics section.
Everything About Nirvana - This goes to DP's Nirvana Links.
Incesticide Liner notes - No longer in publication, but if you want to see what you would have gotten, you can see it here.
Links - Under construction, considering that there are only a few links.
Multimedia/Other
There are a few multimedia-related stuff on this page. The following list contains sections the reviewed page that deals with multimedia and miscellaneous sections:
Picture gallery - I am estimating that there are about 170+ pictures. The download time is pretty quick, thanks to the organization and number of thumbnails available on each page. Some of the pictures are pretty rare, but it is nothing to get too excited over.
K&C's house - Images of Kurt and Courtney's house, all on a bright and sunny day.
Rare pictures - A link to INFC's picture gallery.
Ticket - An image of the last ticket for the last Nirvana show.
Author
My Favorite Lyrics - See some of the lines in the songs that the webmaster likes. It also shows an image of the cover of the album the song is from.
How We Should Remember.. - A powerful statement on how we should remember Kurt.
Vanity Fair article - Don't misintepret this. This article was not written by Courteny, instead it was written by the lovely people at Vanity Fair.
Present - ...........next section, hehe.
Things I Hate - Various things the remember hates and why.
Conclusion
I wouldn't say that this page is for everyone. But this page has been up for only a matter of days now. I am pretty impressed with the photo gallery and original sections this page has. Hopefully it can grow on that. The things this page needs to work on is the navigation and the organization of the page. Nevertheless, the page does offer a bit of something.
Irish Tribute to Nirvana is authored by Dave Kennedy and is hosted by Angelfire Services.
Nirvana In Nirvana © 1999
