On Thu, 11 May 2000 07:07:08 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> You are right, that Arachne's still noticabe slower than Netscape.
> Paralell download of two images at once helped a lot, but Arachne now
> needs "Keep alive" option.
> What is "keep alive" in this context?
> Lots of little images mean one server call for each image, which makes the WWW
> into the World Wide Wait.
As it is right now, the connection is closed after each file.
With "keep alive", the connection would not be closed until all files
have been D/Led.
> Something also needs to be done about the cache directory overrun, or are we
> just supposed to hit F8 to trash the cache every so often? I am up to 717
files
> (including . and ..), 15177551 bytes, and no doubt need to F8.
The max # of files you'll end-up-with is 256*3=768
(plus an indeterminate number of orphaned .JPs)<g>
Why 256*3???... You might ask.
The cache is limited to 256 entries.
Each of the 256 D/Led file will also have it's corresponding .HTT file.
The 3rd possible file for each would be if all 256 are .jpg or .png files.
In that particular case, 256 .bmp files will also exist.
256 .JPGs + 256 .HTTs + 256 .BMPs = 768 total files in the cache directory.
As soon as you D/L #257, #1 will be deleted.
The only "bug" I've seen so far is that the original .jpg files don't get
deleted automatically.
So, the only reason you'll need to F8 is to get-rid-of any "orphaned" .JPGs
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