Lo Fi version

RE: Lo Fi version (ericlev)

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:03:40 GMT

Here is another vote for good lo-fi support.

RE: Lo Fi version (gun)

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:03:51 GMT

It's not the same I applied all the speed functions of this forum at this topic and gained only 1 kb at html file. For precisely 127 kb to 126 kb save to your pc as html and see differences.

But if you select printable format you degree your html to 24 kb. 1/5 fifth. And believe me for mobile users it's very important about kb. Also you can not scale very well with current format. But in "Mobile Version" you can set it to 240 pixel for PDA's width or less 176 pixel width for phones.

Also think a notebook/tablet user who connect wirelessly who wants wait 10 time more.
In ipb example with 5 kb/sc (just about for dial-up also) it takes 2,5 seconds with Lo-Fi or 21 seconds to see full version. This is a huge difference. Even my desktop computer with I can see page while making huge downloads that saturates bandwidth.

And people sometime don't want functionality just want to read.

RE: Lo Fi version (ErEf)

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:45:23 GMT

is the simplified version not almost the same as lo-fi? at least no immages.

you can set that option in your profile

Lo Fi version (gun)

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:15:17 GMT

IPB has a new feature that I loved and how about plain low weighted version of APG. You can also name this version "Mobile Version" or "PDA Version" what ever you want.

Mobile users would benefit very much of these light weight version because of low bandwidth that they use or using per kb price. Also we can benefit very much as site owners cause of decreasing bandwidth costs.

You know mobile internet is the fastest emerging market. Even now in here people using their Nokia 6600 or Siemens SX-1 phones for html browsing. They use GPRS standard. So bandwidth in real world tops around 3 kb/sc.

Here is a comparison of same page with same content ;

Lo-Fi version 11.5 kb html, 14,7 kb image = total 26.2 kb

Standard version 104 kb html, 352 kb image = total 456 kb

Difference 92,5 kb (9 times more) 337 kb (22 times more) 430 kb (16 times more)

Another benefit of being image free is will look good on narrow screens. What do you except of a phone screen or even standard pda. Mobile version will scale great at any resolution.