[WEB4LIB] Adobe GoLive, javascript and HTML bloat?

[Jorge Biquez]

Hello.

IMHO the problem with packages like GoLive and similars is that the
Javascript solution they have is not completely optimized. I mean the code.
I have use it and to have optimized code (slim) we took out some of the
code for some parts (including HTML and Javascript) and done the things
manually. If you take a look at the code you will see LOT of tables there,
and of course forget about doing maintenance manually. Once with them
always with them. To follow your simple we had a page that originally was
9Kb we did a simple change on GoLive and save it. After that the page grows
up to 13KB and it looked the same.
I hope this helps.


At 08:42 AM 3/09/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Rice's Public Affairs division is in the midst of a redesign of our web
>site.  (Yes, it's hard to see my baby grow up and move away, but I'm
>reconciling myself to the inevitable.  After years of our begging
>Public Affairs to pay some attention to the web, we can hardly complain
>now that they're doing so. :-) )
>
>Aside from graphic improvements, one feature they're hot to add for
>some reason is javascript-based mouseovers.  The tool they've chosen to
>use is Adobe GoLive.  The result is extremely bloated HTML: where our
>current top page is 11K, their proposed page is 63K (graphics aside).
>This contributes to unacceptably long download times for dialup users.
>
>I know just a little javascript (I've tended to avoid it on the KISS
>principle) and nothing about Adobe GoLive.  I'm wondering whether the
>bloat is the inevitable consequence of the features they want
>(mouseovers that trigger popup menus of sub-links) or could be avoided
>by tighter javascript code and/or giving up GoLive.  Anybody have any
>idea?
>
>By the way, if you want to see where the new design is headed, it's up
>for public comment at the location:
>
>        http://www.rice.edu/newhome/
>
>-- Prentiss Riddle ("aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada") riddle at rice.edu
>-- Webmaster, Rice University / http://is.rice.edu/~riddle
>

Jorge Biquez
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