WYSIWYG editors and extraneous code -Reply

[Vladislav S. Davidzon]

Bandwidth is usually not affected THAT much, but its the time it takes the
browser to parse the code that it prolonged.

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On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Steve Cramer wrote:

> But compare the amount of bandwidth a typical HTML file
> fills to the bandwidth the associated *graphics* on that
> sam page fills. The ratio of on many home pages is easily 1
> to 50. 20% more of a .8K HTML would be an
> insignificant drag on bandwidth when web designers often
> use palettes with millions of colors, video and audio files,
> applets, etc.
> 
> Steve Cramer
> Davenport College
> Holland, Michigan USA
> scramer at davenpoer.edu
> 
> >>> James Klock <j-klock at evanston.lib.il.us> October
> 14, 1997  10:14 am >>>
> I promised myself I wouldn't get into this one, but I would
> like to say that I think the thing that is being largely
> overlooked in this discussion is that bloated code fills the
> bandwidth faster.  With HTML, file sizes tend to be
> relatively small, so nobody minds.  But as the kinds of
> information being distributed throught the Internet become
> more sophisticated, the extra 20% overhead of bloated
> code has real potential to choke the wires (especially that
> teeny little 28.8Kbd line going to the back of the average
> end-user's home computer...) If we set the precedent now
> of accepting hideous bloated code, we're setting ourselves
> up for a much more miserable tomorrow...
> 
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