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Re: CF: win32 client and XPM
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>> server, to easy client implementation. Just because platform foo
>> supports "PNG" as a native format doesn't mean we should use PNG ---
>> after all, platform bar probably supports YYT as it's native format,
>> so why not add YYT as well? PNG is a lot more difficult to read, so
>> using PNG instead of XPM means that the client implementation for _one_
>> platform is slightly simplified (since no image conversion is needed),
>> while adding a lot more work for all the other client programmers.
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>> Remember, Windooze is not the only platform. Make it simple for
>> everybody, not just for Windows-Programmers.
>
> I too more or less agree with this. THe format of the
> images sent from the server should be in the simplest,
> *least bandwidth* impacting format. We should highly prize
> performance over ease of implementation (server side).
I've found that PNG images are about 1/2 the size of XPM
images. ASCII based format does not necessarily imply
it is the simpilest best format...
-Scott
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