Test 4: Medium Channel, Low Graphics, Table Formatting
Bloomberg ToGo: **Removed** (on request by Bloomberg)
Plucker:- Link-Depth: 5
- Image Settings: Include Image (1000s of colors), thumbnail for images > 320x320
- Other Settings: ZLIB
- Target: PALM\PROGRAMS\Plucker
- Conversion Time: 2:15 mins
- File Size: 180,013 Bytes
iSiloX:- Link-Depth: 4
- Image Settings: Include Image (16-bit 64K colors), Resize 240x240, Compress
- Other Settings: Process table formatting
- Target: PALM\PROGRAMS\iSilo
- Conversion Time: 0:52 mins
- File Size: 186,540 Bytes
Observations:
No Table Support.
Plucker doesn’t support tables yet. The Plucker developer team is working on it.
Some people argue not only that tables (multi-column) are unnecessary, but also that tables make reading web pages on the PDA more difficult and inconvenient (in case the table is too big to be displayed in 320x320 and would thus need left-right scrolling).
Personally I consider this a weak argument.
First, many tables are *not* too big to be displayed nicely on the full 320x320 screen. One example is the Bloomberg Channel.
Second, tables are not only used to display wide charts or schedules. They are also used for layout purposes. Plucker breaks that layout by not supporting tables.
Btw: iSilo has the option to disable tables (display options->tables->single-column). Because iSilo still interprets the html attributes inside the table tags, the resulting output is closer to the source than with Plucker.