Re: Propsal: MHEAD for Fast inline image formatting Was: Multiple connections
Brian Behlendorf (brian@wired.com)
Wed, 12 Oct 1994 12:03:17 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 12 Oct 1994, Dave Raggett wrote:
> I like the idea of being able to get the image sizes in advance of
> the data, but would also like to be able to interleave the image
> data streams. This way users see all of the images start to appear
> concurrently, rather than one by one.
>
> One simple idea is to use the segmented encoding approach and include
> the stream number with the segment length. The initial info on image
> size/type would specify the stream number for each image.
>
> If this sounds too difficult, then at least the server could sort
> the images by size and send the small ones first.
Both excellent suggestions. I think the latter will result in better
performance on average or lower-end machines.
Brian