Here's an idea

Post #35,466 by drewk 4/15/02 2:44:01 PM Reply	Here's an idea This is uniquely suited for your style. You basically have pre-made characters that you place in various positions on the gradient background with some though/text balloons. What if ... you just had the two or three gradients you use, and two images per character. (One facing each direction.) Each strip would be a couple of gradient files (very small) as a table background, and some blank images between the character images to space them out properly. Then have the text in a row above or below the strip. Theoretically, if the images are cached, there would be very little but the html downloaded for each page. It would be interesting to see how much of your traffic comes from people scouring the archives vs. just checking the new page. I honestly don't know how much effort this would take to pull off, or how much difference it could eventually make, but it might be worth investigating. === I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #35,478 by cwbrenn 4/15/02 3:20:19 PM Reply	Front Page vs. archives according to the breakdown in my little webalizer page, the majority of visits I get start at the home page, so I'd say the home page gets the most traffic for a single page. However, the archives _are_ used to a fair amount. I'm not sure that I want to make the comic any more static than it already is, however. I'm actually trying to figure out how to make it a bit less static... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #35,712 by 3) 4/16/02 10:07:04 PM Reply	Downloadable client? So instead of saying "green pixel here, 27 more follow" the server says "Evil Boss <mood = x, speech = 'open source sux'> here". Lower bandwidth, but... Hmmm, .PNG is slow, 2d client is free, 3d client is two bux, developement platform license shockingly expensive... OK, it's a bit 1995, but could be fun. I am not a man, I am a free number.
Post #35,808 by cwbrenn 4/17/02 5:22:44 PM Reply	PNG slow? Are we talking the graphics format? In my experience, slowness is offset by the fact that graphic files sizes are considerably smaller than GIF. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #35,823 by 3) 4/17/02 8:13:07 PM Reply	PNG is pixels And that makes it slow. As pixel-based formats go, it's real good. I was kind of getting silly. If you convinced most of your readers to install a client that essentialy draws Ubersoft from simple instructions, it would reduce bandwidth considerably. My guess is that the instructions would be in the 1-2K range. But that's unlikely to happen for a number of reasons. It would be cool, though. I am not a man, I am a free number.

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