Re: [Pueblo-Users] Snap poll: PNG pong

[Matthew 'F. D. <fr...@sh...>]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Gavin Lambert wrote:
>At 03:15 24/02/2003 -0500, Matthew 'Fringe' Duhan wrote:
> >For one thing, it would be nice to have images appear at their
> >correct size if a WIDTH and HEIGHT isn't specified. It's often
> >overlooked or sometimes people don't know both the width and
> >height of an external image link. 8x8 is way too small for a
> >default image size if only one is set.
>
>I think you might have missed my point.  If you don't specify the
>WIDTH and HEIGHT, the *placeholder* will be 8x8; once the image
>has actually loaded, it will display at its proper size,
>regardless.

OK, I misunderstood. Looks like I'll have to fire up Pueblo again and test
this.
>
> >As for all instances of the same image being the same size,
>while I understand why this was done for caching and memory reasons, I
>hope that it can be corrected. Computers nowadays have more
>memory and processor power, so hopefully it won't interfere. Perhaps
>cache all instances of an image with not only the same URL, but the
>same WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes set.
>
>Actually there's probably no need to go to that extreme; the
>existing caching is probably sufficient, it would just need to be
>modified to pay attention to the specified width and height once
>the image has actually loaded, and scale accordingly.
>
>So I take it that nobody is relying on the existing behaviour..?

I'm aware (for the most part) of the existing behavior. However, I try to
write proper HTML according to the W3C spec, including at the very least
width, height, and alt attributes in images. This should at least work with
Pueblo, even if the behavior is not 100%. I'd rather not workaround, instead
waiting for Pueblo to catch up to the spec. :)

Sincerely,
Matt
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Matthew Duhan         fr...@sh...          http://www.fringenet.net
When I want my opinions I'll ask me for them.
WWW, HTML, VR, MOO, HRSFA, TMBG, DNA--any more initials and I'll go insane
Didn't kill me.  Wasn't "made stronger".  Lawsuit?