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On 9 Apr 1996 18:30:24 GMT Zoltan Hunt (zhunt@calumet.yorku.ca) wrote:
> Some idea maybe AT and/or other Amiga programmers could look at:

> Since it seems a lot of people talk about using Amigas with TVs to surf 
> the 'net, there are about three problems: resolution, colors and image 
> sizes.  

> 	First, if you're displaying text on a TV, it can't be 80-column like on 
> a computer.  Second, some colours tend to run (try keeping RGB values 
> below 230 in NTSC) and finally, with 28.8 modems, some pages I know 
> could take near-fowever to load.

I have no colours that run on my screen, neither in PAL nor
in NTSC. You are probably using a TV modulator (either
built-in or external). I use the SCART connector and have
no such problems. I can recommend using the SCART connector.

> 	I've come up with four suggestions for this:

> 	1.	ColorFonts (remember them?), instead of a big graphic, create a tag 
> for using ColorFonts
[snip]

No, no, no, don't create any more non-standard tags. There is no
need for non-standard tags. Just look at what all the Netcrap has
resulted in.

> 	2.	IFF-ILBM support- for simple images (2-3) bitplanes these could be 
> smaller and de-compress faster than GIFs + JPEGs.

Sure, use IFF ILBM's if you want to. All graphic Amiga web browsers
support them.

Remember, though, that they'll be much larger and take very long
to load if the connection between the server and the client
is slow.

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