Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Using Opera on the oldest and slowest MacMini, even with DSL, there is
a noticeable difference in response time, and that difference is the
download speed. It may make no difference for a single verse, but a
whole chapter makes a difference, if only a half second.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 6/2/07, Christopher V. Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us> wrote:
> An experimental implementation of the Unicode/XML Westminster Leningrad
> Codex is available at
>
> http://www.tanach.us/PreviousVersions/Tanach-2007-06-01/Tanach.xml
>
> This site has an XSL date of 1 Jun 2007 and is intended to replicate the
> content of the current site  at
>
> http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml
>
> exactly.
>
> The experimental version is served through a technique called "content
> negotiation".  Users with modern browsers, such as Firefox 2.0.0.4, will
> automatically receive compressed versions of  files from the site. These
> files will be automatically decompressed by the browser. The number of
> bytes downloaded is approximately 25% of those required in the current
> version.  Operation is transparent to the viewer and requires no changes
> to the browser settings.
>
> The actual site download time depends on the capabilities of the
> viewer's Internet connection and computer.  Viewers with poor Internet
> connections and fast processors will see the greatest improvement, those
> with high speed Internet connections may not notice a change at all.
>
> Your observations are solicited.
>
>
> Chris Kimball
> West Redding, CT
> USA
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