xyzzyyzzyx writes:
"Avantslash is touting a user hosted perl script that, if paired with any web browser with JavaScript, promises to shave crucial bytes off of the standard Slash-based experience, one of which is our very own SoylentNews. Audiences include those with very limited bandwidth, such as those in developing countries with only 2G mobile access or dialup."
(Score: 2) by everdred on Thursday March 13 2014, @10:18PM
I can actually answer this from experience, having run a public instance of Avantslash for about a day now. The average pageview weighs in at just under 5 KB.
(Score: 1) by hankwang on Friday March 14 2014, @10:37PM
5 kB is quite low. Is your server doing gzip/deflate compression?
Avantslash: SoylentNews for mobile [avantslash.org]
(Score: 1) by everdred on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:29PM
gzip is enabled. It seems to compress pages down about 60%, but they're rather small to begin with.
(Thank you for the software, by the way!)