xrfbviewer 0.0.2 (was / is still: Re: Zlib integration)

Warren Toomey wkt "at" cs.adfa.edu.au
Fri, 09 Jun 2000 09:18:30 +0000


In article by W. Brian Blevins:
> Is it necessary or useful to zlib compress over the other encodings?  My
> approach was to simply compress the raw data as a separate encoding.

Yes. I get 2x compression with Zlib and hextile over plain hextile.

> My problem with Warren's approach is that a new message is introduced
> which causes updated viewers to fail with non-updated servers.

I agree. We need a better protocol.

	Warren
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