On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 02:36:38PM +0200, Timwi wrote:
Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 02:18:30AM +0200, Timwi wrote:
Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
- using <i> not <em> 319 bytes saved
- using <b> not <strong> 1219 bytes saved
<em> and <strong> should be used, not <i> and <b>. The reasons are complicated and have to do with accessibility and text browsers. I don't really understand those reasons myself, but from my experience it seems to be consensus to use <em> and <strong>. I think <i> and <b> are even deprecated in the newest version of HTML, or something...
Wasting bytes where it's critical to make RC as small as possible for "complicated reasons" doesn't really convince me.
Could you please explain to me why you think it's critical to make RC as small as possible? Our biggest current problem is database performance, not bandwidth usage.
Because most people are using 56kbit modems and recent changes size is huge. It's not about server bandwidth at all.
If you really want to make it as small as possible, then you should use gzip; once that is installed, using <em> vs. <i> won't make a difference.
It's not supported by too many browsers.