I've been playing around on a very basic level with components, but it is becoming apparent that the load time for a site even using the most basic of them is going to be too heavy to inflict on people using a modem.

Take the FTree, from Macromedia's second set of components, for example. Although the .swf is only 36 KB, it takes a download of 89 KB, or 19 seconds on a 56 K modem, and that is in it's "virgin" state.

Quite a lot of waiting time for only the navigation.

Have these components been designed for the days when everyone has broadband?

And where does the extra 53 KB come from in the above example, the (Action) scripting?

TIA