*Slow network has been one of my problems right from the beginning and things have not improved much. I had raised a question about it a long time back - whether would be possible to work in an 'off line' mode with automatic upload when connectivity is good (Erik may remember this!).
I am glad that this issue has been raised again by Bjoern - I concurr with his para:* A second (more involved) area of interest is 'wiki replication', i.e. to create a fully functional replicas (say of Wikieducator) within local area networks. This would be a full copy of Wikieducator, that can be read and edited on the local area network (of a university in the south), i.e. without international bandwidth constraints. The various 'replica' then synchronise themselves as and when permitted by the international connection. Of course the goal would be a fully functional copy, that allows both read/write and resolution of conflicts etc. * I hope some resolution to this problem is found soon - it is real <smile>* Savithri 2008/6/5 Wong Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wow I really enjiy reading this post , > > I began to find it is getting slower and slower for me to open the WE main > page from last month , and it was pretty fast 3 months ago > > Leo > > 2008/6/5 Bjoern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Dear all, >> >> first post to the list - hello to you all. >> >> This is a post partially in reply to Wayne Mactintosh's presentation >> http://www.wikieducator.org/Wayne_Mackintosh >> 's_Presentation#.283:25.29_The_Big_Issue_for_Africa_.E2.80.93_How_do_you_get_Access.3F >> regarding access for Africa, and your comments on "Are all Open >> Educational Resources Equally Free?". >> >> The issues raised are very important, and I would like to make some >> practical suggestions. In my view, issues like web disability access >> are quite well understood, with relevant standards etc. However, low >> bandwidth access really hasn't come into the mainstream yet, and >> remains poorly understood. >> >> A good example for guidelines and recommendations are Aptivate's low >> bandwidth web-design guidelines, which are available here: >> http://www.aptivate.org/webguidelines/Home.html >> >> If you look at the top ten tips, you'll see that a maximum page size >> of 25kB is recommended. Wikieducator is currently about 150KB, and >> would take about one minute to load for typical user in a developing >> world university. >> >> Quite a bit of this is due to the css and javascript of the MonoBook >> skin (which is used by most mediawikis). So there's a real opportunity >> here to have an impact by optimising the MonoBook skin. Perhaps even >> modifying the mediawiki code, so that the javascript is only loaded >> when needed. >> >> Unfortunately I don't have resources available to just get on with >> this, but perhaps this could somehow be addressed in a community way? >> >> A second (more involved) area of interest is 'wiki replication', i.e. >> to create a fully functional replicas (say of Wikieducator) within >> local area networks. This would be a full copy of Wikieducator, that >> can be read and edited on the local area network (of a university in >> the south), i.e. without international bandwidth constraints. The >> various 'replica' then synchronise themselves as and when permitted by >> the international connection. Of course the goal would be a fully >> functional copy, that allows both read/write and resolution of >> conflicts etc. >> >> This is of course not a new idea, and it's also a complicated problem. >> However, it is very relevant for low-bandwidth access, and perhaps one >> could come up with some initial pragmatic solutions, that have less >> than the full functionality. For instance, one could replicate the >> content 'read-only', while 'edits' still take place on the main wiki, >> but in a bandwidth optimised way (perhaps also with traffic shaping, >> so that bandwidth is available for this). This could give many >> institutions instant access to Wikieducator and Wikipedia. (In fact, >> Wikipedia of course has a distributed system of servers.) >> >> Of course one would start with a pilot project, to see whether those >> ideas really address some of the issues at hand. But if it works, it >> won't just make Northern content more accessible, but it could really >> make Southern content more visible, and also enable South-South >> content sharing much more viable. >> >> I wonder whether there is critical mass to build a consortium around >> some of those ideas, and to see what's needed to make this happen. >> >> Looking forward to your feedback! >> Bjoern >> >> >> >> > > > -- > blog:http://leolaoshi.yo2.cn > HELP项目https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject > > > > -- Dr. Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019 Tel: 2629 4542, 2629 3224, 2641 2547 Fax: (011) 2629 4540 Res: 2584 8151 2584 9786 2584 3496 http://andcollege.du.ac.in --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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