The lack of pressure leads to absurd file sizes for silly things.
A few weeks ago, I needed a vector company logo, so I asked our graphics team for one. The file they sent me was 6MB. While working with it, I noticed it was actually quite clean, so I exported it as an SVG and it came out to 2KB. 1/3000th the size for the exact same graphic.
I opened their file up in a text editor and found font configs for specific printer models (in a graphic with only filled curves), conditional logic, multiple thumbnails, and other junk.
Ok yea, but it's 6MB, it's inconsequential with today's storage densities and a modern system can handle it with ease
"It's not that big of a deal" repeated enough times, is exactly how our society got to this state in the first place.
Not when you have 1000s of files. It adds up.
A month ago i had a customer rating about not being able to upload the new Header image ( 250 MB ), while the error message clearly states: max 5 MB file size allowed. I didn't even know where to start.
This is how the world ends
I had a student send me the screenshot of a pdf for his homework submission. So, yeah. I guess that's how it ends.
The lack of pressure leads to absurd file sizes for silly things.
A few weeks ago, I needed a vector company logo, so I asked our graphics team for one. The file they sent me was 6MB. While working with it, I noticed it was actually quite clean, so I exported it as an SVG and it came out to 2KB. 1/3000th the size for the exact same graphic.
I opened their file up in a text editor and found font configs for specific printer models (in a graphic with only filled curves), conditional logic, multiple thumbnails, and other junk.
Ok yea, but it's 6MB, it's inconsequential with today's storage densities and a modern system can handle it with ease
"It's not that big of a deal" repeated enough times, is exactly how our society got to this state in the first place.
Not when you have 1000s of files. It adds up.
A month ago i had a customer rating about not being able to upload the new Header image ( 250 MB ), while the error message clearly states: max 5 MB file size allowed. I didn't even know where to start.
This is how the world ends
I had a student send me the screenshot of a pdf for his homework submission. So, yeah. I guess that's how it ends.
How much battery life did their phone have?
No idea. It was a laptop screenshot.