Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Cully
I don't know if the results of this article are true or not, but here's what I found when Googling: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/lowercase/ On 01/19/2012 05:58 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Aaah...now THAT makes sense! hahaha

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-20 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Kevin Cully kcu...@cullytechnologies.com wrote: I don't know if the results of this article are true or not, but here's what I found when Googling: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/lowercase/ Single percentage point performance differences may

RE: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress/ CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-20 Thread Jarvis, Matthew
I don't know if the results of this article are true or not, but here's what I found when Googling: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/lowercase/ I guess I just don't get it If I was consistent w/ my tags being uppercase, why wouldn't it be the same compression size as if

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress/ CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-20 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Jarvis, Matthew mat...@mckweb.com wrote: I guess I just don't get it If I was consistent w/ my tags being uppercase, why wouldn't it be the same compression size as if using all lowercase?? If it's found the value, it's found the value and doesn't have

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress/ CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Cully
I'd like to throw in another aspect to this discussion. Some may be thinking 2%! What's the big deal. However, if your web site is in an ultra competitive industry, now that Google ranks sites on how fast they load, a 2% decrease in web size may give you an edge over a competitor that isn't

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress/ CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-20 Thread Paul McNett
On 1/20/12 8:45 AM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: Or was Paul not joking like I thought he was when he mentioned the ASCII values being higher/lower than the other? I was joking. However, since then I've looked at the bit settings of the ascii values, and at first glance there do appear to be more

[NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-19 Thread Kevin Cully
Didn't know that. After a quick Googling, it appears that there's two benefits: 1) Better compatibility if needing to change between HTML and XHTML 2) Site compression is better by around 2% if using all lowercase tags. I love learning stuff. On 01/19/2012 11:24 AM, Ted Roche wrote:

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 1/19/2012 1:56 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: 2) Site compression is better by around 2% if using all lowercase tags. Cool. Wonder why? -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-19 Thread Paul McNett
On 1/19/12 2:17 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: On 1/19/2012 1:56 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: 2) Site compression is better by around 2% if using all lowercase tags. Cool. Wonder why? Lowercase letters have higher ASCII values. The higher the ASCII value, the more bits to compress.

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-19 Thread Paul McNett
On 1/19/12 2:50 PM, Paul McNett wrote: On 1/19/12 2:17 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: On 1/19/2012 1:56 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: 2) Site compression is better by around 2% if using all lowercase tags. Cool. Wonder why? Lowercase letters have higher ASCII values. The higher the ASCII

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 1/19/2012 5:50 PM, Paul McNett wrote: On 1/19/12 2:17 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: On 1/19/2012 1:56 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: 2) Site compression is better by around 2% if using all lowercase tags. Cool. Wonder why? Lowercase letters have higher ASCII values. The higher the

Re: [NF] HTML as Uppercase vs. Lowercase (was Re: [NF] Wordpress / CSS Problem [SOLVED])

2012-01-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 1/19/2012 5:54 PM, Paul McNett wrote: Joking aside, I bet that it doesn't come to lower case versus upper case, but rather consistent case versus inconsistent case. IOW, pick either upper or lower, and stick with it consistently. That way the compression algorithm has more redundant