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Subject: An easy way to speed up the site

Web pages (what you're looking at now) are made up of text called HTML. If you right click this page and hit View Page Source (or equivalent), you'll be able to see it. Now, some of the things in there are called elements. For example, near the top of the HTML you can see a line that looks like this:<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">Elements within the HTML also have things called attributes, which is what I've underlined for you (there are three).

Here's the problem: If you look at each of the attributes in the HTML for all of Bungie.net's pages, they're all double quotes!

If the Web Team replaced all of the double quotes with single quotes, there wouldn't be so many characters that need to be sent. Thus, there would be less bandwidth being because the page sizes are smaller, reducing the strain on Bungie's servers and your connection. It's a win for everyone!

I implore the Web Team to implement this change in the next site update.

  • 04.29.2012 10:01 PM PDT

Please go here:
http://www.refresheverything.com/heatherscamp
and vote.
Foman banned me for asking people to vote. DO NOT STOP VOTING!

Now, would this make a noticeable difference?

  • 04.29.2012 10:02 PM PDT

Also known as the Keeper of Time and Space itself.
Simply as, The Face of Boe.

This is it.

Daz is the Webmaster.

  • 04.29.2012 10:02 PM PDT

The Forerunner, the Great Journey, and Heaven Theory

[Announcement Trailer] Halo: Forerunner

Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

Change is bad. *grumble* *grumble* It will be abused *grumble* *grumble* B.net isn't...um...Facebook?

  • 04.29.2012 10:10 PM PDT
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"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."

This will only lead to elitism.

  • 04.29.2012 10:16 PM PDT

The Forerunner, the Great Journey, and Heaven Theory

[Announcement Trailer] Halo: Forerunner

Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

Posted by: Duardo
This will only lead to elitism.
I knew I forgot one.

Look at all the negatives. This is clearly a bad idea.

  • 04.29.2012 10:23 PM PDT

Does anyone even read these?

I don't understand any of this but heck lets do it.

  • 04.29.2012 10:38 PM PDT

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[UNINTELLIGIBLE > INSUBORDINATION(?)]

Not that the site is slow or anything, but we should do this.

  • 04.29.2012 10:40 PM PDT

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Minnesotan, currently going to school at KU.


@Geegs30

Single quotes? Why not go even further and make em half quotes?

  • 04.29.2012 10:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

Bungie.net is not Facebook. How many times do you need to be told?

  • 04.29.2012 10:42 PM PDT

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Same number of characters sent: &#34 vs &#39

  • 04.29.2012 10:42 PM PDT
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wouldn't a single quote be the same number of characters? it would just be a different character that the servers would be sending.

dang beat to it.

see above post.

[Edited on 04.29.2012 10:43 PM PDT]

  • 04.29.2012 10:42 PM PDT
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They should probably just get rid of that tag altogether.

  • 04.29.2012 10:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Deathcon 5
Same number of characters sent: &#34 vs &#39

Visually, it's twice as many pixels sent. It's a big difference. Trust me, I coded scripts for this site.

  • 04.29.2012 10:49 PM PDT

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Achronos: And what's this about a "design team" I've been hearing? Apparently stosh is so awesome he's now considered a "team".

Great idea but people already quote employees too much.

  • 04.29.2012 10:51 PM PDT

@spawn031

"So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories." John Williams

Adapt.

  • 04.29.2012 10:58 PM PDT

So instead of the page loading in 0.011735 seconds, it will load in 0.011612 seconds?

Sweet! Why haven't they done this yet?

  • 04.29.2012 10:59 PM PDT

Posted by: Deathcon 5
Same number of characters sent: &#34 vs &#39
Quote marks (both single and double) for attribute values are not encoded to their HTML-entity equivalents in the HTML itself. They are raw characters.

  • 04.29.2012 11:00 PM PDT
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Would this not have the unfortunate consequence of reducing the buffer on terrible posters? I disapprove.

  • 04.30.2012 2:39 PM PDT

I don't think it would make that much difference. If you want to get technical W3C is okay with it being double quoted.

Reference

[Edited on 04.30.2012 2:56 PM PDT]

  • 04.30.2012 2:47 PM PDT

Posted by: WolfmanMaverick
You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

I was gonna say either more hamsters in more wheels or get a better internet kid. I guess your way works too.

  • 04.30.2012 2:49 PM PDT

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Yours in _Kai_


Posted by: Geegs30
Single quotes? Why not go even further and make em half quotes?

Psh, lets up the ante and go quarter quotes.

  • 04.30.2012 2:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: dibbs089
Change is bad. *grumble* *grumble* It will be abused *grumble* *grumble* B.net isn't...um...Facebook?
I think everyone here just needs to learn to adapt. Honestly. You're just bad if your pages aren't loading quick enough. End of story.

Also,


Posted by: arch4ng13

Posted by: Geegs30
Single quotes? Why not go even further and make em half quotes?

Psh, lets up the ante and go quarter quotes.
Do you think the page would load in a more fancy-fashion if we used triplet quotes?

[Edited on 04.30.2012 3:07 PM PDT]

  • 04.30.2012 3:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: arch4ng13

Posted by: Geegs30
Single quotes? Why not go even further and make em half quotes?

Psh, lets up the ante and go quarter quotes.
Better yet, let's just drop quotes altogether. She'll purr like a dream...

  • 04.30.2012 3:06 PM PDT

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I know who you are.

You are Destiny.

Mother of God.

  • 04.30.2012 3:31 PM PDT

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