Re: Map Generator....

From: bradac_56@my-deja.com

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

In article <388758DB.9A25EA9B@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>,
  Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com> wrote:
> "Karen J. Cravens" wrote:
> >
> > ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com (Ilya) wrote in
> > <38860A7D.C87236E9@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>:
> >
> > >by that.  Example: you have a graphic that's larger than 640x480.
> >
> > Your graphic is too big, then.  That's pretty simple.  Egad, who'd
wait for
> > it to load?
> >
> Quite so -- the example was simply meant to illustrate that the
presence
> of graphics requires one to begin to consider things like screen
> resolution.  In some cases that graphic may be too large and you can
> convince the client to reduce it.  In others, it's not an option,
> and when it isn't, then you find ways to put it on the page as the
> client requires.  But whether a specific image is right or wrong
> for a page, the fact remains, which is all I was trying to explain,
> that being aware of, and taking into account scree resolution is
> often needful, especially when pages include graphics of any kind.
>
> --
> Ilya (at) gamecommandos (dot) com
>

Better yet, if your unwilling to compress the original picture
take a hint from the adult industry.  Make a low resolution thumbnail
and pre-load it before the page resolves, then link it to the full size
image.  That way if the client does not want to wait that long,
he/she/it can still see a smaller version.  That will allow you to stay
within the 580 pixel limit if your desire is to allow 640x480 or even
WebTV users to not need to scroll.

Getting back to the original thread, the webmaster/programmer
simply could have forgotten to set his <table bgcolor="yellow"> to
offset the black on black text problem before the image loaded..  I'm
not sure what the purpose was behind trying in insult his/her/its
intelligence?  It would have been just as easy to explain that adding
the above tag command would fix the problem without the childish need
to "flame away".  Besides the original question was to critique the
mapping program not the web site.

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References

Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000