Re: [WebDNA] Image resizing on the fly
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2012
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 108911
interpreted = N
texte = On 2012-03-28, at 11:55 AM, Tom Duke wrote: > Govinda, >=20 > Hi - I hear you. Though if you follow the principles of 'Mobile First = Responsive Design' - which is how we plan to head - then you need to do = some server side magic to ensure that mobile users don't get hit with = the full download required for desktop users. Right. You are ahead of me here. Note, FWIW: I did notice somewhere on the MS/IE site (while in a hurry = about something else) that (IIRC) IE10 (IE9 already?) will/does = support I forget what technology (JS-based?) mechanism to serve ONLY the = right files/images *according to the media queries*. Maybe that will = catch on and get rolled into the other browsers soon enough? Anyway it = is worth noting, and also pleasant to imagine that things go the way of = "save the devs from even more headache/complication". =20 On that last, more personal/human note, I also enjoy watching the = handhelds slowly gain ground to match the specs we enjoy on desktop (to = whatever extent). I try to balance 'everything that would be perfectly = done technically, today', - with - 'what I actually enjoy doing, = today'. =20 In the end (and even now, for me anyway) it is the joy balance (and it's = benefit, or toll) that is going to register most. If we wait exactly 2 = weeks, we are going to have to redo the works to get it PERFECT again. -G > Still not sure yet how we'll get it to work - maybe use background = images defined in CSS - so we load up the correct size based on the = media query rule. >=20 > Donovan - hi yea I'm aware of Terry's great library - I'm thinking the = imagemagick bit shouldn't be too complicated - it's the mod-rewrite bits = and the http headers (particularly as WebDNA 6.2 on CentOS doesn't let = you define the content-type headers) that I can see being awkward. >=20 > - Tom
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On 2012-03-28, at 11:55 AM, Tom Duke wrote: > Govinda, >=20 > Hi - I hear you. Though if you follow the principles of 'Mobile First = Responsive Design' - which is how we plan to head - then you need to do = some server side magic to ensure that mobile users don't get hit with = the full download required for desktop users. Right. You are ahead of me here. Note, FWIW: I did notice somewhere on the MS/IE site (while in a hurry = about something else) that (IIRC) IE10 (IE9 already?) will/does = support I forget what technology (JS-based?) mechanism to serve ONLY the = right files/images *according to the media queries*. Maybe that will = catch on and get rolled into the other browsers soon enough? Anyway it = is worth noting, and also pleasant to imagine that things go the way of = "save the devs from even more headache/complication". =20 On that last, more personal/human note, I also enjoy watching the = handhelds slowly gain ground to match the specs we enjoy on desktop (to = whatever extent). I try to balance 'everything that would be perfectly = done technically, today', - with - 'what I actually enjoy doing, = today'. =20 In the end (and even now, for me anyway) it is the joy balance (and it's = benefit, or toll) that is going to register most. If we wait exactly 2 = weeks, we are going to have to redo the works to get it PERFECT again. -G > Still not sure yet how we'll get it to work - maybe use background = images defined in CSS - so we load up the correct size based on the = media query rule. >=20 > Donovan - hi yea I'm aware of Terry's great library - I'm thinking the = imagemagick bit shouldn't be too complicated - it's the mod-rewrite bits = and the http headers (particularly as WebDNA 6.2 on CentOS doesn't let = you define the content-type headers) that I can see being awkward. >=20 > - Tom
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