On 19/12/06, Walter van Kalken walter@vankalken.net wrote:
That is not the point.
IS there nobody here who understands that we make this project for all the people out there! Not to satisfy our own geekly lust to pursue the latest fashion in computerelectronics and programming.
I am not in favour of bleeding edge technology for its own sake, but the reason this file is so large is because of the detail in it. I don't see how that can be reduced without reducing quality.
There are links on that page to a PNG and a simpler SVG. These are ways to make it accessible for all without sacrificing quality.
Do we really need to be the trendsetter like with .svg??????
OK, my point is that as far as I can tell, we are not doing anything trendsetting with this image that is causing it to be huge and complex. It is just intricately detailed. I presume that has a Featured Picture, it has had a number of people looking at it and has been checked to have valid SVG code (actually I am not sure this is a criterion... I will go suggest it now).
You are talking about being better supported in a couple of years Briana. Ask yourself the question do you want people to be able to use this graphics *NOW *or in a couple of years?
I want them to be able to use it now and then, but I don't want us to be kicking ourselves for insisting on inferior quality in the future when it becomes a non-issue.
cheers, Brianna