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Chris Caston wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hello,
Is there a proxy module that one can use to convert gifs, jpgs and pngs
on the fly?
Then perhaps an option to bypass it if you really want to see the image.
The application is for browsing the web on an expensive (per kilobyte)
connection.
regards,
Chris
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but unless this were a server-side
application / module wouldn't you still have to download the contents
of the jpeg in order to convert them?<br>
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If the module is run on the local PC to convert the images before they
are displayed, but the bandwidth usage would be the same.<br>
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Alternatively, if you have access to the server to install such a
module, why not just create a low bandwidth version of the page?<br>
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The alternative solution to this problem, I believe Chris, is something
I used to do in Internet Explorer back in 97 / 98 on low speed
connections (28.8kbps or slower) and that is to turn off images and
only download them when you choose to with a right-click. I don't know
if FireFox has the same option, but it must be there somewhere - don't
forget to check out <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:config">about:config</a> and see what extra options exist.<br>
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