Posted by William Hughes on 01/25/07 00:40

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:14:13 +1100, in alt.html dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>In article <ts1fr21p2j42gsask1cbn0ohciupif125v@4ax.com>,
> William Hughes <cvproj@grandecom.net> wrote:
>
>> What is the consensus about an acceptable maximum limit on HTML file
>> sizes or number of screens per page?
>>
>> I have some files at http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/carrier.htm
>> that are approaching 175k+, or fill several screens - mostly with
>> tabular data. All of these pages are subject to expansion as I develop
>> the site.
>>
>> Is the filesize/screen count a problem in this case? Should I split
>> the files?
>>
>> The particular pages in question are:
>>
>> Carrier Names:
>> http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/gen-names.htm
>
>I would be inclined to make a page per letter. It is simply not a
>page that many folk would read and scroll.

Yeah, I was thinking about that, seeing how much info there is in each
group.

>Have not looked at other urls you mention, but this reasoning may
>give you a clue about a different point of view on them too.

Some pages have easily-defined breakpoints for splitting, others not
so much.

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William Hughes, San Antonio, Texas: cvproj@grandecom.net
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