[12057] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Surprising results: connection speed (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sdw@lig.net)
Tue May 3 17:51:11 1994
From: sdw@lig.net
To: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams)
Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 14:41:45 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9405031829.AA06429@plasma.meaddata.com> from "Stephen Williams" at May 3, 94 02:29:32 pm
> >From com-priv-forw@lists.psi.com Tue May 3 13:14:31 1994
> Message-Id: <199405031415.AA18086@metronet.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 08:25:36 -0600
> To: com-priv@psi.com
> From: tennant@metronet.com (Harry Tennant)
> Subject: Surprising results: connection speed
> Cc: lbrock@prosaix.com
>
...
> Surprisingly, the majority have slower connections. Should companies stop
> making graphical home pages? No, but the graphics should be done assuming
> slower connections: don't have some big 100K graphic that is only a logo.
> Don't have links visible only in the graphics. And, most important, if
> you're thinking that Mosaic pages will soon replace printed catalogs with
> high quality graphics on every page, perhaps you should think again. At
> these speeds, it's more appropriate to think in terms of a price list than
> a catalog.
One suggestion I have is that people make more use of high compression
jpeg's with a high quality version of each or most pictures available.
Even highly compressed jpeg's are fairly recognizable and can be as
small as 3-15 K, which translates to 1-8 seconds for a typical link.
Setting some variable or using some other www friendly method to
choose between the high quality and economical modes would be great.
Another help would be some notification of the size of an image before
downloading.
...
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