Will bring this up when I talk with them. I do use some flash, however. I may develop without, then test to see where I stand on speed before I take this approach. It would be interesting to see how much difference it makes. D
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:16 PM, John Mason <ma...@fusionlink.com> wrote: > I use compression on almost all of our servers at FusionLink. There might > be a problem with some flash players (just fyi in case you run across a > problem). If you're using IIS, Port80Software has some great tools to manage > the http compression. > > John > ma...@fusionlink.com > > > > Donna Martin wrote: > >> I've never done that before...never even thought of it. Will give it a >> try. >> >> Thanks so much, Dean! >> Donna >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Dean H. Saxe >> <d...@fullfrontalnerdity.com>wrote: >> >> >> >>> Also, I'd strongly consider zipping all content from the server with >>> gzip to minimize the bandwidth requirements. Server-side delays are >>> not your enemy here, bandwidth is. >>> >>> -dhs >>> -- >>> Dean H. Saxe >>> "A true conservationist is a person who knows that the world is not >>> given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children." -- John James >>> Audubon >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Donna Martin <dmar...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> It's just that I'm being super careful to pay attention to speed, and >>>>> >>>>> >>>> had >>> >>> >>>> read that there were performance hits on self-joins. Maybe I shouldn't >>>>> >>>>> >>>> take >>> >>> >>>> it all to heart. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I'd probably not focus too much on how fast you generate the page, >>>> more on how small you can make the data and how to make the least >>>> number of round trips betweent he browser and server. Optimizing and >>>> extra 2 seconds out of a SQL call won't help if it still takes 30 >>>> seconds to send it across the Atlantic Ocean. >>>> >>>> You might actually be very interested in checking out the YSlow tool >>>> from >>>> >>>> >>> Yahoo: >>> >>> >>>> http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/ >>>> >>>> "YSlow analyzes web pages and suggests ways to improve their >>>> performance based on a set of rules for high performance web pages. >>>> YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the Firebug web development >>>> tool. YSlow grades web page based on one of three predefined ruleset >>>> or a user-defined ruleset. It offers suggestions for improving the >>>> page's performance, summarizes the page's components, displays >>>> statistics about the page, and provides tools for performance >>>> analysis, including Smush.it™ and JSLint. " >>>> >>>> -Cameron >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cameron Childress >>>> Sumo Consulting Inc >>>> http://www.sumoc.com >>>> --- >>>> cell: 678.637.5072 >>>> aim: cameroncf >>>> email: camer...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >>>> http://www.acfug.org?falogin.edituserform<http://www.acfug.org/?falogin.edituserform> >>>> <http://www.acfug.org/?falogin.edituserform> >>>> >>>> >>>> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists >>>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >>>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >>> http://www.acfug.org?falogin.edituserform<http://www.acfug.org/?falogin.edituserform> >>> <http://www.acfug.org/?falogin.edituserform> >>> >>> >>> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists >>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform<http://www.acfug.org/?fa=login.edituserform> > > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
