Re^2: New Design for Sending + - votes on PerlMonks

> I'm not aware of anyone having concerns over the site's bandwidth usage

As you might expect, I keep a list of references on this topic:

Re: Add "Image Miniatures" to your HTML by jdporter (2007) - Please DO NOT frivolously Add "Image Miniatures" to your HTML, at least here on PerlMonks. They consume an inordinate about of storage/transmission resources.
Fun, Emoji and Ascii Art References - lots more references; in particular, Unicode Emojis have been suggested to harangzsolt33 (aka 🔔👳🏽‍♂️🐔) in the past to add levity minus bandwidth concerns ... though he's never used them AFAIK (see Re^4: super slow (Hungarian table tennis) for the origin of the harangzsolt33 🔔👳🏽‍♂️🐔 emoji :)

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Re^3: New Design for Sending + - votes on PerlMonks (Inline Images) by LanX (Saint) on Jul 18, 2025 at 14:24 UTC
I can't find a suitable word to describe the downsides of using HTML tables for displaying images here. But there are alternatives allowing a lot of details without bandwith problems. Base64 encoding SVG And less so ASCII graphics I had to use the latter multiple times in the past and it was kind of bothersome moving characters by hitting the bar. But a nodelet-hack to extend the ability of the local markup to show base64 or SVG could be an easy proof of concept. Alas I doubt that's our top priority here. FWIW here a POC: The Perl Onion as Base64 <img width="50px" height="50px" src="data:image/gif;base64, iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABUAAAAWCAQAAACFih+zAAACxmlDQ1BpY2MAAHjajZPLaxRZFIe/ 6tygkCAMtK9eDJdZSJAklA80Ij7SSWyisW3KRJMgSKf6dneZm+qaW9VxFBHJxqXOMHvxsXDhH+DC hSvdKBF8IYh7FUUU3Ki0i+p0V/B5Vl/9zrm/c84tLnTaxSDQKQlzfmScXFZOTk3LFc9IsZ4uMnQV 3TAYLBTGAIpBoPkmPj7BAnjY9/38T6OrFLpzYK2E1PuSCl3o+AzUKpNT0yA0kD4ZBRGIc0DaxPr/ QHom5utA2ow7QyBuAavcwEQg7gEDbrVYgk4B9FYSNTMJntN1tznPH0C38icOAxsgdVaFI022FkrF 4QNAP1ivSmp4BOgF63rZ2zcK9ADPy2bfRMzWRi8aHY85dcTX+bEmr/Nn8oeaniKIss6Sfzh/eGRJ P1HcXwAyYDmztQMOsAZSe09Xx4/GbOnT1aF8kx+ZujMB/AWpa4EujMWzpe4whUbh4aPwkTjkyNJH gKFGGQ8PjUcOhY/C4BEy+91KTSHBkhwv8XmJweNv6igkDkfI5lnobTlI+6n9xn5sX7av2a8vZuo9 7cyCOe65ixfeUUBhWr7NbHOm2N+lxiAaTQXFXGunMDFpYrqyfzHTdnIXL7xT5/MfE1uqRKc+ZlCE zGLwmEehCVEMJrr96PYU+u6ZW+vavR6Lm8cedt89s+yuat9spVpbLf9u1yXPK/Gn2CRGxYDYgRR7 xF6xWwyLAbFTjLVOTODjcRKFIaSIxucUctn/W6olfmsApHPKV8ZzpZPLyoKplT2tEk/0F+nfjMmp aRnTdB1uhLB2a1v74GAB1prFthYdhF1voeNBW+vJwOpLcHObWzfzTWvLug+R+icCGKoFp4xXqUZy s21vl4NBoJUc9d3+XlnUWhqvUo1CaVSozLwq9ROWt2yOXbqz0Pmi0fiwAVb8B1/+bTQ+XWk0vlyF judwW38FwLz9RfogWGAAAAACYktHRAD/h4/MvwAAAAlwSFlzAAASdAAAEnQB3mYfeAAAAmtJREFU KM9Nk9tLVAEQxn9zzl5s1dVdxbxQ5poS4qVINLCLhFaaZagE6d8RCEavPfZcb71nUHiph6ggpehq F0k3wkzNK7qra7vrnjM97K76vQzM/PiYb2CEfWoDl/isLNvptIjoRvZ2lCe7U0mWPtYwM+1mvUqj M8eTCLmJ8FlG5Km1YjKyh7axRVaN9tOBVynFpxNJiyhjcsfxwraHARMuEyb7nN6jFTcoAUplmxAC DgKc1xX5XqFBzCskcB/X+9QlV1FK8RFmOb2bl1MEY1NVGBamVweoTfZtfPjIoAwHms5TpLfd5TZG Avsi7WmwiCbiuGngAh7sNHyCvgwxnJnagyfZqaObBfKwKKGBXgJpZ9FrsUOGFlGfPEUzNxjHjwOb EgK4uc5pjCQc0HpDS/CC0kgvz4hyhvccBg5SwyTtnE2Fk1qDXBxKLj184QNdBAlTDsARKnlFJ8Uo iOYaCijl5POcYgJ8ohBvKs1JltmmLhXPkBAJxU+cvxRisEoOzhTqIYsl8gFUQgbzbAoRwEUUxYW9 e1EbCyfbAJv61ZAFPgozxKhkljhlhEik0E12KCCIIDPyzkhEZFD+LTJGK3He0ESYUAqdoIo5pjDg seuPWYnMabUe+005VbwkgIWLMmCOaXJ4yDrGhNyy1swKNCo/aYoVTOLjKBPE+YGJj1mCjLKELEt/ +PUBBDoYoq1F72q1kI8HB7nsACHmSSCLMsADrFFMmOYSsV/Ot+RRGnFt4ceNxTSrEJdxuamPxBrd e5guNsjwaot2Uo/XFFs1yjcZYtixaO1/mKS6GaQtAz/ZuEjoFutmRHVkd/4frOHmQxRTGfYAAAAl dEVYdGRhdGU6Y3JlYXRlADIwMTUtMDItMDJUMjA6MTM6MzcrMDE6MDD6p3X7AAAAJXRFWHRkYXRl Om1vZGlmeQAyMDE1LTAyLTAyVDIwOjEzOjM3KzAxOjAwi/rNRwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="> The Perl Onion as SVG <Reveal this spoiler or all spoilers in this node or all in this thread> UPDATE You can copy either code into your Free Nodelet Settings to see the effect. (Don't forget to activate the free nodelet to be shown in your nodelet tab) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]

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Re^3: New Design for Sending + - votes on PerlMonks (Inline Images)
by LanX (Saint) on Jul 18, 2025 at 14:24 UTC

But there are alternatives allowing a lot of details without bandwith problems.

Base64 encoding
SVG

ASCII graphics

But a nodelet-hack to extend the ability of the local markup to show base64 or SVG could be an easy proof of concept.

Alas I doubt that's our top priority here.

FWIW here a POC:

The Perl Onion as Base64

The Perl Onion as SVG

UPDATE

You can copy either code into your Free Nodelet Settings to see the effect. (Don't forget to activate the free nodelet to be shown in your nodelet tab)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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