[5037] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: Compression
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Troth)
Mon Aug 1 12:36:08 1994
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 18:30:08 +0200
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From: Rick Troth <troth@rice.edu>
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> Are many people using JPEG in conjunction with WWW/Mosaic and,
> if so, has it made a marked speed improvement.
I find it in my browsing. Don't use it myself.
It probably speeds up the transfer substantially, but viewing a
JPEG has always been slower for me then viewing a GIF. Can Mosaic
handle JPEG for inlines? I hadn't thought so. (another reason
why I've been avoiding it)
> Thanks,
> John
>
> **********************************************************************
> John F. McMullen
> Consultant, Student, Teacher, Writer
> jzrd@maristb.bitnet / mcmullen@panix.com /mcmullen@mindvox.phantom.com
> "If at first you don't suceed, re-read the instructions" - Br. Michael
BTW: Are you guys running that nifty HTTPD on your VM system
(at Marist) written by a certain rogue UNIX (VM?) programmer?
--
Rick Troth <troth@rice.edu>, Rice University, Information Systems
