Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find this site loads fast and I love it, Andrew's service must be wonky. Frank On 10 May, 2004, at 21:44, B. D. Colen wrote: > Actually, Andrew, the class was about story telling and photography, > not > bandwidth. Oddly enough, though, I have standard DSL and I have no > problem what ever with the site in question. And the link I provided > was > the where the images are posted at MIT, not where they will eventually > be available for general viewing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Andrew Nemeth > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:43 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] RE: bd's students work > > >> http://web.mit.edu/yamima/www/ > > > I won't comment on the aesthetics of this site (definitely _not_ my cup > 'o' tea!), > but BD please - please - take the time to impress upon your students > the importance > of keeping their online image filesizes small. > > I know your class are all on (free) T3 broadband connections, but the > URL above > deploys JPEG images which are barely 600 pix wide, and yet each weigh > in at > approx 400 KB. > > They should all be 40-80 KB. > > Remind your students that when they get out into the real world, > bandwidth > is neither infinite or free. The larger their image filesizes, the > more they (or > their clients) will have to pay in monthly server traffic fees. > > Fortunately the latest versions of photoshop (CS or v7) come with a > pretty > good "save for web" JPEG compression features. Teach your students to > make use of this! > > > > Regds, > > Andrew Nemeth > <http://nemeng.com/leica/> > [ Leica FAQ ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >