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Alexander Turcic · 03-31-2003, 03:56 PM

Test 2: Big Channel, Low Graphics

Ananova News: http://pda.ananova.com/

Plucker:

Link-Depth: 4
Image Settings: Include Image (1000s of colors), thumbnail for images > 320x320
Other Settings: ZLIB
Target: PALM\PROGRAMS\Plucker
Conversion Time: 11:52 mins
File Size: 1,079,628 Bytes (get file <a href="http://www.turcic.com/forums/supplements/isilo-plucker/Ananova Pluck.pdb">here</a>)

iSiloX:

Link-Depth: 3
Image Settings: Include Image (16-bit 64K colors), Compress
Other Settings: Process table formatting
Target: PALM\PROGRAMS\iSilo
Conversion Time: 6:20 mins
File Size: 921,997 Bytes (get file <a href="http://www.turcic.com/forums/supplements/isilo-plucker/CNN iSilo.pdb">here</a>)

Observations:
Hyperlinks = Killer. The more links it has to parse, the slower Plucker Desktop becomes.

In this test, about 900 links were parsed. Plucker Desktop needed almost twice as long as iSiloX to finish the conversion. Plucker’s resulting file size is ~17% bigger than iSiloX’s.

Screenshots:
Ananova Home iSilo:

Ananova Home Plucker:

Ananova Article iSilo:

Ananova Article Plucker:

Ananova Sport Results iSilo:

Ananova Sport Results Plucker:

03-31-2003, 03:56 PM	#4
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Test 2: Big Channel, Low Graphics Ananova News: http://pda.ananova.com/ Plucker: Link-Depth: 4 Image Settings: Include Image (1000s of colors), thumbnail for images > 320x320 Other Settings: ZLIB Target: PALM\PROGRAMS\Plucker Conversion Time: 11:52 mins File Size: 1,079,628 Bytes (get file <a href="http://www.turcic.com/forums/supplements/isilo-plucker/Ananova Pluck.pdb">here</a>) iSiloX: Link-Depth: 3 Image Settings: Include Image (16-bit 64K colors), Compress Other Settings: Process table formatting Target: PALM\PROGRAMS\iSilo Conversion Time: 6:20 mins File Size: 921,997 Bytes (get file <a href="http://www.turcic.com/forums/supplements/isilo-plucker/CNN iSilo.pdb">here</a>) Observations: Hyperlinks = Killer. The more links it has to parse, the slower Plucker Desktop becomes. In this test, about 900 links were parsed. Plucker Desktop needed almost twice as long as iSiloX to finish the conversion. Plucker’s resulting file size is ~17% bigger than iSiloX’s. Screenshots: Ananova Home iSilo: Ananova Home Plucker: Ananova Article iSilo: Ananova Article Plucker: Ananova Sport Results iSilo: Ananova Sport Results Plucker: