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

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 Ted Roche
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Jarvis, Matthew 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 to have anothe

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 8:54 AM, Kevin Cully 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 not be all that noticeable.

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])

2012-01-19 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

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 hi

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 high

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 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 http://twitter.com/mbabcoc

[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: > Lowercas