Comment by 🚂 MrSVCD

Re: "Image size"

In: s/Geminispace

On the point of modern hardware needs for Gemini, I do some of my browsing on a Amiga 500 with a 68020 28MHz processor and 9MByte ram and it is usable. Slow for sure, about 8 seconds for the TLS handshake to this site. That is quite good for a home computer from about 1990.

My point is that Gemini can be used on quite old hardware.

🚂 MrSVCD

Mar 25 · 2 months ago

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👤 nikhotmsk · Mar 25 at 10:21:

@algebra also there is a data url scheme (RFC 2397) that allows including images directly in the gempage, given the image itself is small. I have seen this used as a preview accompanied with a link to a full scale picture. My browser do recognize them and shows right away.

🚀 algebra [OP] · Mar 25 at 15:47:

Thanks for letting me know about JPEG XL. I tested it a little bit, and it seems like a c. 15% reduction in size, so it's something, but not huge. OTOH, if I publish an image in JXL, I doubt someone on an Amiga will be able to view it, but maybe he's not going to view images anyway.

🚂 MrSVCD · Mar 26 at 17:23:

Does any operating system or Gemini browsers support JPEG XL?

On the Amiga it really depends on your setup what size of images you can show. On a unexpanded Amiga 500 you can view 640x480 NTSC or 640x512 PAL in 16 colors.

A popular addon for Amiga 500 is the PiStorm whch gives, among other things, a graphics card that can run full HD at 24/32 bitdepth.

💎 istvan · Mar 27 at 13:09:

Aren’t a lot of the older systems using text only browsers or Gemini over SSH? I do Gemini over SSH on MacOS9. Won’t be getting any images there unless I download them.

Original Post

🌒 s/Geminispace

Image size — How large should images be in the Geminispace? On the WWW, I would just link to photos straight from my phone, but those files can approach 5 MB. Does anyone have a soft mental limit of, say, 1 MB? Or smaller? 5 MB is probably overkill; I may go smoller, but I don't know that I want to be smaller.

💬 algebra · 10 comments · Mar 24 · 2 months ago