[jeremycs]

Originally Posted by CarCdr

In linear mode, this thread, which had 6 posts in it before this reply, was a page of about 54k. Displaying only the first post (1 post/page) is still 37k. The HTML for the single post content is only 693 characters and the HTML for the single postbit is about 4k. This is without the style sheet being inline (sent per page) pe vb.org AdminCP setting.

Folks often focus on server speed, which is very important for a busy site, but for most other sites, concentrating on page size can be just as important.

Bandwidth tips:
- style sheet not inline
- avoid threaded mode
- if you do use threaded, set cache size very small
- set default per page to 10

I wont be using threaded mode... and I'm a portered 2.x style / legacy
postbit kinda guy

These 3.x styles are way too H E A V Y imo. They do look nice, but on long
pages the scrolling time from top to bottom is like 3 times longer than 2.x w/legacy postbit.

I'll feel good knowing I'm saving my members from early tendonitis :P