<div dir="auto">I think there is still reason for compression in transit and at rest. But I think Karl might be right that we should just look to de-compress the entire file at open to speed subsequent access.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I also think it might be worthwhile to change the tools to defaulting to the 4-byte versions rather than the 2-byte versions. The usability wins there are significant with basically no downside. The saving of 2 bytes in an offset is basically zero.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">--Greg</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 6, 2025, 4:38 PM Peter von Kaehne <<a href="mailto:refdoc@gmx.net">refdoc@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">I think Matej is right. Poor connection and small devices remain a reality</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Also just as telephones get more powerful people develop new small devices. I would think that smart watches and whatever else will eventually attract attention by one developer or another. </div><div id="m_-1613673055413158010ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-1613673055413158010ms-outlook-mobile-signature">Sent from <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Outlook for iOS</a></div><div id="m_-1613673055413158010mail-editor-reference-message-container"><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%"><div id="m_-1613673055413158010divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From:</b> sword-devel <<a href="mailto:sword-devel-bounces@crosswire.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sword-devel-bounces@crosswire.org</a>> on behalf of Matěj Cepl <<a href="mailto:mcepl@cepl.eu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mcepl@cepl.eu</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:07 pm<br><b>To:</b> SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum <<a href="mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sword-devel@crosswire.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [sword-devel] Given today's device capacities, is compression useful?</span><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </div></div>On Tue May 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM CEST, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
<br>> - Nobody is using PDP-11s any more, and we're not struggling to transfer
<br>> data over sloppy, error-prone 56kbps links.
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<br>Except when we do … how is that Internet working in the rural
<br>India? I thought that particularly sword-related applications are
<br>meant to work for missionaries in environment hostile not only
<br>from the legal point of view.
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<br>Best,
<br>
<br>Matěj
<br>--
<br><a href="http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/</a>, @mcepl@en.osm.town
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<br>uninterrupted contemplation above his strength; but was taught to
<br>apply himself at intervals to manual labour by a vision of an
<br>angel who appeared platting mats of palm-tree leaves, then rising
<br>to pray, and after some time sitting down again to work; and who
<br>at length said to him, “Do thus, and thou shalt be saved.”
<br>-- Life of St. Anthony
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