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Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 13 Apr 1999 23:51:15 GMT
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At 10:57 PM 4/13/99 +0000, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> Tim Courtney <tcourtney@avenew.com> writes:
> > Dang!! I probably couldn't bear to look at a site without its images,
> > and I only connect at 31kbps! (pathetic performance for a 56k modem, • but
> > it comes with the territory of a crappy phone line within my house which
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> > needs to be rewired).
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> You're lucky compared to me... I have a 28.8 which never hits more than
> about 4 Kbps because of the phonelines and other computers everything has
> to run through. That's probably why I'm so concerned about making the
> images on my web sites as small as possible (usually about 1 Kb for small
> images and less than 10 Kb (preferably 5 Kb) for medium sized images.
> --Bram
Which brings up another issue. Does anyone have one of those gif
compressors that take several k out of each file so nicely and
conveniently? If so, when the ldraw.org images are done, could you run
them through it? Or is there a freeware one anywhere?
-Tim <><
http://www.zacktron.com
AIM: timcourtne
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 | | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| (...) Since we've mentioned other Macromedia products, I've used Fireworks for this. It has a cool preview feature that lets you tweak out an image, deciding on quality vs size and it even gives you an estimate of the download time at 28.8. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| (...) Usually I just use PNG instead of GIF which cuts roughly 20% of the file size (on average). If you want to improve the GIF compression of images you have to reduce the colour depth of the images. I use pnmdepth (from the netpbm/pbmplus (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| (...) I do have the capability of using PNG, but I am wary about browser support for them. I do remember when you brought up the topic two years ago on the Minifig World Tour that there was little browser support for it. Does IE5 and Netscape 4.7 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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| (...) Yep. (...) Dang!! I probably couldn't bear to look at a site without its images, and I only connect at 31kbps! (pathetic performance for a 56k modem, but it comes with the territory of a crappy phone line within my house which needs to be (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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