The feeling of smoothness and safety help ease my mind in TiddlyWorld. When it is slow and smooth, it feels good.
hope this helps Alex 2009/2/10 Daniel Baird <[email protected]>: > > I get the feeling that people only look at (and complain about) their > file size after they've noticed their TW is running slow. So I guess > perceived speed is more important. > > ;Daniel > > On 06/02/2009, FND <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> After some deliberation, we think that using the packed version in the >> TiddlyWiki core is not a good idea: >> * web servers usually support compression via gzip >> * the decompression is fairly slow in JavaScript[1] >> * packed code makes debugging very painful >> * packing can introduce bugs >> * packed scripts are almost impossible to read, which breaks TiddlyWiki's >> "view source" paradigm (even though minified scripts are compressed as >> well, the obfuscation isn't as comprehensive) >> * packing requires additional effort when creating a release >> * the jQuery team doesn't provide a packed version anymore, and creating >> a custom derivative should generally be avoided >> >> In contrast, we couldn't make out any tangible benefits for using a >> packed version - apart from the vague and possibly unjustified filesize >> concern. >> >> Also, there's always TinyTiddly[2] for when filesize really matters. >> >> Any objections? >> >> >> -- F. >> >> >> [1] http://ejohn.org/blog/library-loading-speed/ >> [2] http://www.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/TinyTiddly >> >> > >> > > > -- > Daniel Baird > I've tried going to the XHTML <bar /> a few times, but it's always closed. > > > > -- t: 0161 442 2202 m: 0781 372 50 17 skype: alexhough delicious: alexhough --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
