Re: [HACKERS] Re: map

> Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> I prefer the 'flat-globe' for what you are attempting to do...its also
> >> easier to see...you don't have to "follow the dot"...
>
> > OK, new map, older dots, but they now have fuzzy edges. Much better.
>
> I like the look better, but (putting on my graphics-guy hat) that GIF
> is *huge*. 175K is a tad of an excessive download for a web-page
> frammish. Also it doesn't look very good if your browser's page

Not sure about that. You can read the text below as it is loading. The
browser seems to know the image size.

> background is not white --- there's a white ring around each
> continent thanks to poor antialiasing.

We force a cream background for that page, no?

>
> The extent of the dithering makes me think the image was made from a
> truecolor original. If so JPEG at a moderately high quality setting
> would work better (and look much better on truecolor displays), though
> you'd lose the ability to have a transparent background. PNG is also a
> possibility if you want to assume that visitors have recent browsers.

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