tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post4022127370350630288..comments2023-12-06T21:26:59.714+11:00Comments on Dianne's Medieval Writing: Problems Scribes Didn't Have - Or Did TheyDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132076792018066412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-75771612973241939512009-12-14T14:57:29.673+11:002009-12-14T14:57:29.673+11:00Good point compuGator. You will find that a few im...Good point compuGator. You will find that a few images on the site are already treated that way, especially if they are detailed and fiddly. The only problem with updating the whole site is the workload. I guess everybody who got in relatively early with a website has the same problem.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132076792018066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-56386165860688180562009-12-14T13:28:07.664+11:002009-12-14T13:28:07.664+11:00Being a user whose Internet connection supplies me...Being a user whose Internet connection supplies me with bits at speeds varying dramatically depending on loads elsewhere on the LAN, I'm offering my vote for sensitivity to the limits suffered by dial-up users.<br /><br />However, there's a straightforward solution to providing higher-resolution images: Make your current-resolution images act as links to higher-resolution images. Not only as direct links, but also augmented by a caption plainly informing the visitor of the possibility of clicking on it for a higer-resolution image. The caption should specify the size of the higher-rez image (or initially, to facilitate web-site-wide enhancement, the range of the image sizes you'd be providing). Wikipedia is an example of a Web-site that is helpful to its visitors in providing multiple resolutions of many of its images.<br /><br />Your visitors using dial-up may still choose to view particular higher-rez images, but it would then be their deliberate choice, and they could put their time to other use, e.g.: refilling a cup of coffee, tea, or a pint of an adult beverage.<br /><br />Studies dating back 30--40 years to early 'time-sharing' computer systems (trendy "Internet cloud processing" being their largely unrecognized reincarnation) clearly showed that what frustrated computer users the most was not the length of delays while using a system, but their <i>unpredictable variability</i>. So please let the choice of potentially show-stopping downloads be theirs.compuGatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-73944292228071917812009-08-24T15:54:23.935+10:002009-08-24T15:54:23.935+10:00Yes, but even the term broadband can have some var...Yes, but even the term broadband can have some variable meanings, especially here in Oz. As for the second request, I can probably manage that. At one time I was putting up a steady stream of updates so it was a bit irrelevant, but it has become a bit punctuated by large time gaps lately. The latest addition to the site is a set of script samples and paleography exercises for a very famous manuscript, the 8th century Vespasian Psalter.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132076792018066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-57552643939593917812009-08-20T14:27:17.245+10:002009-08-20T14:27:17.245+10:00I'm thinking that most get internet through br...I'm thinking that most get internet through broadband now. On the other hand, I'd hate to see your web site drift toward inaccessibility for the poor dial-up folks. <br /><br />I'm glad to see you posting here again. Will you let us know here when updates are made to your website? I have my RSS reader here to keep track of new posts, and you can use that mechanism to inform us of any changes to the web site.<br /><br />Mahalo!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055892840623570916noreply@blogger.com