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Posted by Neredbojias on 04/15/07 06:22
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:34:25 GMT aioe-user scribed:
> Too many years ago to remember I got my first lesson in
> creating HTM pages and here's what an entire HTM file
> with the letter X then looked like.
>
> htmlbodyX/body/html
>
> Total size 28 bytes, and if you wanted to format it like
>
> html
> body
> X
> /body
> /html
>
> then you were definitely a 'bandwidth HOG'.
>
>
> It was nice, it "was" both lean and (therefore) fast!
> An important consideration back when 56k was still
> unheard of. As a matter of fact taht hould STILL be an
> overriding consideration because according to
>
> http://www.webusability.com/user_profile_stats.htm
>
> 1/3 the US is STILL on 56k, and probably 80% of the
> world 'net' population will stay on 56k it for decades more.
>
> Today that kind of simplicity would be lightning fast,
> maybe even too fast and so most people would add a few
> more words and things of that nature.
>
>
> So lately I decided to show my first ever HTM page to the
> W3C facility ...it failed from A to Z so for now I'll
> just think of it as a WC facility (between friends as I
> well know that there must be standards). Anyway, I next had
> the composter "correct" the same page and that version passed
> but did so only by becoming a 281 byte file instead of 28
> which, unless my math has also been left in the dust, is close
> to a *10 FOLD BLOATING COEFFICIENT!*
>
> (the files and reports appended below)
>
>
> Then it got much worse. Another page flunked because it
> was missing 'empties' like alt="" (up another 600 bytes
> for a page with 100 of them). This kind of insanity is
> like having to paint "not painted" on a car that is not
> painted. Sheeee!
>
> Boys & girls, I can well understand that some commercial
> and/or cultural imperatives have requirements which the
> industry tries to satisfy as best it can. Those with a
> need for flaming dildos and singing monkeys on web pages
> have rights too. But dammit, did you have to kill the
> purtity of the original as a timeles option?
>
> Has someone forgot that HTM is still as much a transport
> language as US-ASCII is? Who the hell wants more bandwidth
> if it will be gobbled up the next day?
>
> Go ahead and do all the MM and all the style sheets you want
> but don't muck with basic HTM's sanctity. I want my FAST
> pages to pass every test ..if they cannot BE the test itself.
>
> KISS, KISS, KISS. Remember that the Amiga could fly with
> no fans and no hard drive and that today's leading 0-noise
> projects are aiming to return to that ideal :-)
>
>
> Cheers.
I kinda agree with you, notably on the 'alt=""' thing and stuff of a
similar nature. That's what _defaults_ are for. Even something like a
missing doctype could default to a basic implied doctype and not produce
a validation error if the geek-elite were a little more well-rounded in
the synoptic housing.
--
Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.
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