Re: Half Space Technique for html art

miK wrote:
>You're too modest, Pete. I'ld bet you've got an essay on "Nano Space 
>Technique" up your sleeve. :)

Oh my, you cajoled my ego  ;-))  OK, here is a little, improvised essay.

"Nano Space Technique" can be had with dynamic html which allows for
positioning of ascii characters (and other things) with pixel accuracy.
Unfortunately, only fourth generation web browsers support it, too new
for many websurfers to have it, i.e. too small of an audience, and after
giving it some thought, I decided to wait with launching "The
Dynamicsteins"

Java can do the same thing with the older third generation web browsers
(for which there is already a larger audience,) and I launched "The
Javasteins"  If you observe carefully, then you will notice that the
Java based ascii animations are even smoother because of the pixel
accuracy. 

The animation cannot be infinitely smooth because of a fundamental
consideration: you would need many frames that change very little from
frame to frame, but you need to play the frames very fast to achieve the
speed of motion that you want. This hits two limiting factors: number of
frames = filesize and the first limiting factor is therefore the
associated download time from the web. The second limiting factor is the
capability of the user's computer to display a lot of picture data
rather quickly. This fundamental consideration is independent of file
format, be it dynamic html or gif or Java or anything else.

I have said before in this newsgroup, that I have designed the Java
movies for the oldest Pentiums (or the oldest PPCs in case of the Mac.)
The explanation is related to the above mentioned fundamental
consideration. Provided that this minimum computer requirement is
satisfied, "The Javasteins" is adequate proof of concept that Java can
achieve discernable improvement over gif (at least as far as ascii art
animation is concerned) everything else being equal.

And of course, technology advances relentlessly, both Java VMs and
hardware double their speed resulting in quadruple speed every 18 months
or so, nice prospects for a little hobby  :-)) 

        Wow! Velvet smooth ascii animations!
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