Another possible "compression" scheme

[Andreas Kotes]

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Nathaniel Byrd wrote:

> I may be way off base, but wouldn't it be possible to "interlace" the
> image - either send every other scan line or even better every other
> pixel (offset by one for each row).  That should give enough information
> to use an application - it should just appear "grayed out".  The server
> could then send the rest of the image information in "spare time" when
> there are no other updates to do.  Theoretically, during times where
> there is a large number of updates, only half the bandwidth would be
> used.  Of course, this would be a tradeoff between viewability and
> speed, but to me actually seeing the windows grainy is better then not
> seeing them at all. What do you guys think?

Great idea! I keep cursing on the wrong parts of the display being
refreshed or the display being build from the top down ... :(

  the Count


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