As Robert notes, finding a hard limit is probably infeasible given the nature of the web and browsers. However, in terms of orders of magnitude, we have a general perception that 1,000 is a killjoy, a few hundred can be nice, and the ground between depends on your computer's specs. There's nothing formal behind that breakdown, and other anecdotal experiences are welcome to help flesh out a more useful picture.
Robert Forkel wrote: > i doubt there could be really comprehensive testing of this issue, > because the environment it depends on - javascript in browsers - is > too varied. even in the case of firefox 2.0.x, which i am using, it > depends on the number and kind of installed plugins, the number of > opened tabs, the time the browser has been running, ... > > On Dec 10, 2007 7:53 PM, Mark Feblowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Has anyone done any testing to see whether/how/where exhibit >> performance degrades as the number of items or the total size of the >> exhibits grows? This could be very valuable in deciding whether/how >> to use exhibit. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark -- Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIT CSAIL Research Staff http://simile.mit.edu/ http://people.csail.mit.edu/ryanlee/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
