[IxDA Discuss] "Acceptable" download/performance time on flash sites?

[Janna Hicks DeVylder]

Hi all,

I'm currently working on a flash-heavy 'experiential' site, where the flash
is mostly concentrated in areas of light information and entertainment
rather than utility/functional sections.
For some sections, there is some loading that needs to happen before a
motion sequence/transition into a section begins.
The question keeps coming up about how long people are willing to wait for
something to load. Is there such a thing as an acceptable load time?
I'm not sure how to quantify this without saying, "It depends...", since
many would be willing to wait a while if they knew what they were getting at
the end of it.

Does anyone have general rules of thumb to share?

many thanks,
janna