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loband - Killer App for Developing World?
An anonymous reader submits "With recent stories about hardware products for the developing world - namely the MIT Media lab's $100 laptop and the Simputer, its interesting to see a software solution to the problems of internet access. Aidworld, a Cambridge (UK) based organisation specialising in ICTs for the developing world have created a free internet service to speed up web browsing in low bandwidth environments: loband. Using server-side compression and by filtering images, scripts and plugins while retaining content and basic formatting, loband reduces bandwidth requirements by between 5 and 50 times. Its making waves in development circles but it also seems to make for a much leaner browsing experience in this world of heavyweight websites. Could this be a much needed stepping stone for users in developing countries? Do high bandwidth consumers find the sites they view could look much cleaner?"
loband - Killer App for Developing World?
I knew that overpopulation is a concern, but this is ridiculous.
I mean, if pr0n is what makes internet happen, how is loband expected to actually have success?
This would be great if it was used for mobile phones as well: you keep the general layout, albeit lose the images.
Another unforseen benefit is that you can prevent your son from watching pr0n on their new cell phone.
Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Bugs are good for building character in the user.
What about a proxy that automatically corrects spelling! It would be brilliant!
Why dont they just sell their levitation technology to the west, they'd be rich!
Bush and Blair ate my sig!