Re: Image types and related issues [was: Re: filetype extensions]
Rick Troth (troth@rice.edu)
Tue, 10 May 1994 16:09:21 -0500 (CDT)
> Hmm.. the server perhaps shoul multipy .9 by some estimated data los
> in the ->JPEG conversion, and .8 times the ->GIF conversion factor,
> and compare the products. Anyway... the .8 and .9 shouldn't be used
> outside this context.
Right! Both an "internal" (server) weight and an "external"
(client) weight. Factor both for each representation; pick the best;
send it back to the client.
> Dan
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"There's just some things that numbers can't measure" - Bob Bennett
Rick Troth <troth@rice.edu>, Rice University, Information Systems