Ofnuts said:
Consider also that some of our users are bandwidth-challenged,
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I'm not contemplating the use of a signature file, so I'm not trying to carve out an excuse for myself. But isn't it true that image files on the net (including animated gifs) typically download only once per session, and thereafter "run" locally from the client's cache?
I participated in a forum years ago where Alex St John (Microsoft's Direct-X guru) participated regularly, and he was fairly steadfast in his assurance that "bandwidth robbing gif files" were given way more credit for the problems they were claimed to cause, than was actually the case. Just curious where you stand on that?
Consider also that some of our users are bandwidth-challenged,
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I'm not contemplating the use of a signature file, so I'm not trying to carve out an excuse for myself. But isn't it true that image files on the net (including animated gifs) typically download only once per session, and thereafter "run" locally from the client's cache?
I participated in a forum years ago where Alex St John (Microsoft's Direct-X guru) participated regularly, and he was fairly steadfast in his assurance that "bandwidth robbing gif files" were given way more credit for the problems they were claimed to cause, than was actually the case. Just curious where you stand on that?