[WikiEN-l] Re: Thumbnails, varying connection speeds

[John C. Penta]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel P.B.Smith" <dpbsmith at verizon.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:24 pm
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Thumbnails, varying connection speeds

> This is a good point. It's astonishing how quickly one forgets. 

I can't forget. I go home to a dialup at the end of every semester.:-(

[snip good story]

> A few weeks ago we helped a friend install the critical security 
> patches--just the CRITICAL security patches--for her Windows XP 
> laptop 
> over a dialup connection. Jeez, what _could_ Microsoft be thinking 
> of? 
> They probably think everyone is on a T1.

They do.

[moresnip]
 
> I'm not sure that thumbnails are the ideal answer, though, because 
> they're very annoying for those who _do_ have high-speed 
> connections. I 
> wonder whether it would be unreasonable to request that Wikipedia 
> support two (or three?) flavors of delivery, chosen in 
> Preferences--high graphics, thumbnail graphics, and perhaps no 
> graphics?

Thumbnails as default, no graphics for really low bandwidth (and perhaps those w/ screen readers and other adaptive technology?), and high bandwidth for those with T1s and such?