(2) Viewers, Browsers, and WWW Performance
Huntley, Bittorf, and Taragin
Dermatology Online Journal, July 1995
Volume 1, Number 1
TESTING YOUR CONFIGURATION
In order to test your configuration, you will be provided with test images
and
one HTML file. You will be able to compare your opening times using the
same
test files used here. Given here is one HTML file which can be used to call
up both a JPEG/JFIF and an LZW/GIF file. The sizes of the files chosen
are typical for dermatologic images compressed in both these formats at the
UCDavis image databank. In order for you to perform this test, you should
first download the images and text file to your hard drive, and then call
them
up with your browser as local files. The text file will expect the images
to be
in the same directory.
First, retrieve the files.
jpeg image
gif image
html test file
Be sure that the names that you use to save the images are "image1.jpg" and
"image2.gif".
Here are the benchmarks for comparison:
Tests of your browser or browser/viewer combination need to be done on a
local
file. You should have downloaded the file and images. Give instructions to
your browser to open this program and measure with your
stopwatch or the second hand on your watch, the time from the completion of
the
command until all downloading has stopped and the image is fully displayed.
(For small screen displays, you will have to rely on the indication that the
download has been completed). Compare your times with the benchmarks
given.
All contents copyright (C), 1995.
Dermatology Online Journal
University of California Davis
