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Re: Which HTML to use?
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:22:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Jeremy Scott writes:
> I'll agree. I will also add that with CSS in use, the server speed will
> become much faster
If by "much faster" you mean a ten-millionth of a second quicker per page
display, then you're correct. :-)
> since the cgi program won't have to generate all the long
> code in HTML, just a short tag defining the class.
Actually, the server doesn't have to generate the HTML on a tag-by-tag
basis...it's more efficient than that. The difference in time to output
<FONT SIZE="-1"><BIG><BIG><B>foo</B></BIG></BIG></FONT>
versus
<FONT SIZE="+2"><B>foo</B></FONT>
or
<FONT CLASS="glarb">foo</FONT>
is essentially the time it takes for the CPU to copy a few extra characters
around in memory (far, far less than a microsecond) and output them over the
TCP/IP connection (also negligable).
The big win that CSS gives (from the server's standpoint) is reducing the
outgoing bandwidth. And that's good for users, too, of course. :-)
> Let the CSS do all the rest.
I agree, CSS is the way to go. But there will always need to be *some*
basic old-fashioned HTML in there for really old browsers. You wouldn't
believe the number of old browsers still in use at libraries and schools. I
don't know how many are used to view LUGNET, but we'll have to examine that
sort of thing out carefully before just abandoning old-fashioned HTML.
--Todd
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| (...) Thanks for the quick reply. If a less legacy-burdened coding for LUGNET is a goal, then that's ok by me. But. Old browsers is not the hang-up, as far as I can tell. (Especially since some really old browsers, like IE2 just to take a random (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| (...) I'll agree. I will also add that with CSS in use, the server speed will become much faster since the cgi program won't have to generate all the long code in HTML, just a short tag defining the class. Let the CSS do all the rest. Jeremy (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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