Re: Storing jpg files in local PiggyBank

From: Ryan Lee <ryanlee_at_w3.org>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 12:17:53 -0600

Chung Le wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> PiggyBank works very nicely with jpg files. When it recognizes a
> property as a jpg file, it displays the image instead of the file name
> itself. My questions here are as follow:
> - Does PiggyBank retrieve the image every time it needs access to it, or
> does it down load the files to the local PiggyBank?

Piggy Bank (Longwell) doesn't store any binary content at the moment.
Firefox's image management handles it.

> - Is there a way to down load the files to improve speed? I understand
> there might be issues with copy rights but assume we work with sites
> that do allow file down load.

It's on the list of major things to do - see our roadmap:

   http://simile.mit.edu/funding/mellon_2005.pdf

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Received on Tue May 02 2006 - 18:17:35 EDT

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