Re: SIS, Marinetti, & SS

[Ericlob@cris.com (ERICLOB)]

Matt Ackeret <mattack@area.com> wrote:
>Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
>>The second stumbling block is that most graphics out on the 'Web are .GIF
>>and .JPG files.  The IIgs can download them OK, but displaying can be a
>>major pain in the nether regions due to the decompression time, at least
>>on an unaccellerated machine (like mine).  With that in mind...
>
>Well, GIF is what I would consider fast enough to be tolerable on an
>unaccelerated GS with LordHighGiffer..

Another thing to think about is having an option to display graphics in
greyscale, which would eliminate color sorting/matching. Jpegview pre-
release is very fast for the GS.

>Besides, I turn graphics off a lot of the time (all of the time when
>I'm browsing with Lynx, heh)

Unfortunately, most pages are designed by people who don't have to wait
for the document to transfer at 28.8k (or slower).