Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You know, why don't we give the poor student a break? She's not a web developer, nor is she a member of the W3 standards committee (Heaven forbid!). Just a creative individual using a very convenient medium for displaying her work. So she's got fat files. What, are we being size-ist in here now? ;-) Kit (kitmc@acmefoto.com) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+kitmc=acmefoto.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+kitmc=acmefoto.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Nemeth Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:17 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] RE: bd's students work Frank Dernie wrote: > "I find this site loads fast and I love it, Andrew's service must be > wonky." Not it isn't, it works just fine. But 400KB is 400KB is 400KB. Per image. There is no worming around this. The image filesizes here are unnecessarily bloated. I'll put it another way, why send a 40 page fax when you can send exactly the same message on only two pages? For those who (mistakenly) think this is a non-issue, have a look at the Web Standards trend in website coding. One of the many driving forces behind it is to cut the amount of html code in pages in half in order to reduce server loads and traffic costs. Why do you think professional coders want to do this? Perversity? <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/bcase/tech.html> I said it before and I'll say it again - bandwidth is neither infinite or free. Your students want to communicate their work to others. What does it say of them if they don't give a damn how much it costs others in time, traffic & money to view their work? (Sheesh - I would have thought this was all pretty obvious and non-controversial. Especially since I made an effort here to avoid discussing the aesthetic merits - or otherwise - of the sites mentioned!) :?) Regds, Andrew Nemeth <http://nemeng.com/leica/> [ Leica FAQ ] _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information