[WEB4LIB] Maximum file size for downloading

[Dan Lester]

At 12:08 PM 8/23/99 -0700, Diane Madrigal wrote:
>Grouping files together by subject results in files ranging from 150KB to 
>450KB (after they are zipped), and I'm wondering if 450KB is an acceptable 
>size for a data download, or if I should further subdivide the larger files.

I'd suggest that you do whatever is functional for your users.  If they're 
going to need all 450kb, then why split it up and make them do multiple 
downloads?  When downloading software most of us routinely download files 
of a number of megabytes.  I'd say that if I need/want something, I'm 
willing to wait for the download.

dan

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