On bandwidth and existance
Tuesday, July 24, 2001 by Nils Mattisson | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
During the past days we have experienced unbearable performance due to the arrival of new people on this site. The heavy traffic requires a lot of bandwidth which I imagine is very costly. Since the people running this site isn't multi-billionaires we must strive to reduce the traffic, we wouldn't want this site to end up dead like many other sites have done lately.
I think these limitations (only members can download, smaller screenshots etc) is a good short term solution but for a lasting solution something rather radical has to be done. I've just read an article over at teknidermy.org and the publisher there has some intresting ideas on "skinportals". I think everybody should read the article http://www.dezina.org/teknidermy/issue5/artapoc.html and think about it. That way only very little files have to be stored on the portal, therefore decreasing traffic.
The idea could only be implemented if there was some standard on screenshots, readmes, files and some way to identify the skin and its application. But I think someone more competent than me should look at it and come with suggestions.
Nils
Sweden
I think these limitations (only members can download, smaller screenshots etc) is a good short term solution but for a lasting solution something rather radical has to be done. I've just read an article over at teknidermy.org and the publisher there has some intresting ideas on "skinportals". I think everybody should read the article http://www.dezina.org/teknidermy/issue5/artapoc.html and think about it. That way only very little files have to be stored on the portal, therefore decreasing traffic.
The idea could only be implemented if there was some standard on screenshots, readmes, files and some way to identify the skin and its application. But I think someone more competent than me should look at it and come with suggestions.
Nils
Sweden
Nils Mattisson
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 25, 2001 1:45 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 25, 2001 1:45 AM
I understand that it is a very radical shift from now and therefore impossible to carry on on this site. But I do think that if a large site like WC started an alternative site with the cell system it would get more skinners to join that site. Because something has to be done, the classical way of skinhosting is a path that leads straight to the death of the site.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:07 PM
By the way, Jumbles has implemented a cell system over at http://www.dezina.co.uk