Hi, duke here Rather than a purely decorative image, couln't the standard gif to be used instead of the Flash, be used and downloaded? Then if the Flash is determined not to be used, the alternate would already be there? duke
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jesse Skinner Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:28 AM To: css discuss Subject: Re: [css-d] Flash or No Flash switch? > 25kB is a small smaple to test it responsibly. Some latency may distort > the measurment. The image can also get cached. In the article, I suggest avoiding caching by appending a random URL parameter to the image (not so nice but it works). As for the size, it will have to depend on the situation. In Duke's case, he wants to decide whether to show a flash banner. Since the extra download is purely decoration, there would be no issue if some high-speed users didn't get the flash. It's still useful to have a rough estimate. A very large test image would defeat the purpose -- if users had to download such an image to test their speed, they might as well download the flash in the first place. Jesse Skinner www.thefutureoftheweb.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/200 - Release Date: 12/14/2005 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
