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An uncompressed RGB 1920x1080 bitmap is 6,220,800 bytes. When your webpage is heavier than a straight-up, uncompressed bitmap of it would be... something's gone
by jerf 6y ago
An uncompressed RGB 1920x1080 bitmap is 6,220,800 bytes. When your webpage is heavier than a straight-up, uncompressed bitmap of it would be... something's gone wrong.
We're not quite there, since web pages are generally more than one screen, but we're getting close. Motivated searchers could probably find a concrete example of such a page somewhere.
- lstamour 6y agoWhat’s funny is that’s how Opera Mini achieves its great compression for 2G and 3G network use... it renders mostly server-side, with link text and position offsets/sizes, last I used it...
- BenjiWiebe 6y agoBrowsing the internet with opera mini actually feels pretty responsive, until you come to a site that plain doesn't work.