Kilt sample Photos

[Abax]

[B I was wondering if anybody could tell me why my browser refuses to let me see any of the sample pics of the kilts or tartans on Frugal Corner's page. Is a setting wrong on my computer?[/b]

It took my high-speed connection a very long time (about 2 minutes) to load the page. I suspect two things: perhaps a slow server and some silly html designed to prevent a user from downloading pictures off the website. I rarely wait two minutes for a page to load. I figure if an online vendor can't get their website together, they might be having other problems too.

My suggestion to Frugal Corner: Remember that if images are visible, they can be downloaded. Do whatever it takes to speed the page load. A faster page will make a much better impression on customers.

Abax

[Kilted-Marine]

I am sitting here laughing...
First we have no codes protecting the pictures...second if you ever want to get an image off the web you can always screen print it and paste it to paint.

The fact is they are large images.....large images take longer to load

the image you used from our site which you must have built a page for-has a 404 error..you need to redo the page or reload it...

could it be your internet connection-is your high speed really high speed, what is your MTU set at, were you also doing other things on your computer, is it a cable connection on a shared segment?

Of course theh connection I have at home is a 10 Meg Cat 5E running down to a load balancing router with 4 Data T1's.....but what do i know about these computer and network thingies

[keith_b]

I really like the Douglas Blue; I think that'll be my next kilt purchase.

[Kilted-Marine]

Abax..come on-you said "IF THEY CANT GET THEIR WEBSITE TOGETHER THERE MAY BE OTHER PROBLEMS"

Like what, ---What other problems directly relates to a slow website...drunken driving, fraud, civil unrest, rebellion, WHAT

a faster page may make you happy but it also means having smaller pictures, maybe with lower resolution..there is no way around this issues..LARGER files require longer downloads..more 0's and 1's flowing over the copper wiring that runs from our server to you

[MacWage]

Actually, I have to correct myself here. There is a recorded version of the Black Watch tartan with this "abbreviated sett." I don't know if it is in the on-line version of the ITI or not, but it's number 12, recorded under the name "Cambpell, the 42nd." It was illustrated in Kenneth Macleay's book Highlanders of Scotland in 1870.

Now, it very well could have been an error in Macleay's illustration and not representative of actual woven cloth. Who knows? The point here is that it is a recorded variation, although still not the usual Black Watch sett that people would expect.

Maybe you can call it "42nd tartan, Macleay variant," or some such....
~M

I've also heard it simply called "42nd," I took note as my first kilt was in this tartan (supposed to be Black Watch and bought from a reenactment supply store that supplied many "redcoat" groups). It wasn't until making the actual kilt I noticed the stripe differences. I did some research to see what I could find on the pattern and Matt is DEAD ON (as one should expect).

[ConfusedPollock]

I'm sorry if I started something about the pics....I have a mid range DSL connection, I dunno how fast exactly. I think my computer has an evil gremlin in it somewhere though. It acts up when and if it feels like it. I tried waiting but still no luck.

I enjoy the Hitman PC games and it refused to show the images but I could hear the music of the start menu on one of them. Who knows? My computer could be just evil, I think it is. So I didn't mean to be a pain in the a$$ about it, I just wish I could see the pics.

[Hamish]

A couple of points of mine to throw fuel on the fires:

The first thing I noticed about the Frugal Corner web pages was the use of the Royal Arms to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. My immediate thought, having at one time been a member of The Royal Warrant Holders Association, was that this cannot be right, and then I began to wonder about the legality of their use overseas. I have not had time to check this but my gut feeling is that it is not permissable to use the Arms in this way. I am extremely pleased, therefore, that you have decided to replace them.

Your photos: Like everyone else, I found them to load extremely slowly and, in fact, I gave up waiting when the second one - way down the page - began to appear. Also, I assume that they are all photographed 'in the flat' (correct me if I am wrong). This, I feel, does not show a kilt to its best advantage. If you were photographing them specially, would it not have been possible to have had them modelled for the camera? I am sorry, but to me, they looked as if they had been borrowed from Ebay!

Just trying to help......

[Roan Carter]

The pictures loaded fast for me just now.

I'm glad you uploaded them. I can stare at tartans for hours. *drooly drool*

[McMurdo]

I just tried it from my computer at home, before I was at work, anyway I am running an AMD 4000 64bit on a high speed connection with firefox not ie, and the photos on the sample page loaded perfectly I have nothing else running at the moment.

[Woodsheal]

The pics loaded fast and fine for me, too, and offered a useful look at the appearance of Frugal's kilts. Don't quite get all this "feeding frenzy" of nit-picking. Relax for crissakes...!