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- Path: comma.rhein.de!serpens!not-for-mail
- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amigas speak HTTP with an accent?
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 13:50:55 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4j64rf$b2@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <bmaple.jo6x@burner.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: serpens.rhein.de
-
- bmaple@burner.com (Bob Maple) writes:
-
- >You still have a finite amount of bandwith over your connection, so Netscrape
- >really isn't 'faster'. But multiple connections can really help. Instead of
- >downloading one graphic at a time, you can be downloading multiple; Small
- >images will tend to appear first and 'fill out' the page while the rest come
- >in.
-
- Multiple connections will also tend to utilize the bandwidth better.
- Most pages consist of many small parts and most of the time you just
- wait for the other side to respond. This way you can transfer data on one
- connection while the next one is still in the process of being established.
-
- >same time start filling in the little icons, which are probably more
- >'important' than the big pretty header at the top.
-
- Big pretty headers at the top are bad anyway.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
- Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
- "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
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