Re: [Gramps-devel] NarrativeWeb.py Output File Weight

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

2008/2/7, Jason Simanek <jsi...@gm...>:
>
> > I hope we're not talking about the change I recently made.  I didn't
> > alter the images.  (Though that could be done.)
>
> > The HTML forces the browser to dynamically resize the image to a
> > maximum of 800x600, but inserts a <a href="..."> so the user can get
> > to the larger original.
>
> Staphane, this change (a smart one) would not affect the final file size
> of the web output. If anything it would INCREASE the file size if those
> images were being scaled previously. I was thinking that the compression
> rates had been changed.
>
> On the other hand, the difference I saw in file size could very well
> have to do with a change in my image references that excluded a range of
> images on the new output. Point being that my experience isn't
> necessarily without error.
>
> My main focus is really about the size of my HTML files remaining within
> an acceptable range.


Ok, the file size reduction on export is feature request:
http://bugs.gramps-project.org/view.php?id=1178
Now we only need a developer to implement that. The code is mostly present
in GRAMPS, we already make thumbnails, so that code could be reused.

Benny