On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:07:14 GMT, "flybywire" wrote:

can someone pls remind me why a yenc jpeg is better than a jpeg

cheers

Mike

Although I've never posted using yEnc encoding b4, I think it is an
excellent method of keeping file sizes and download times down to a
minimum.

I vividly recall people complaining on this news group about others
posting beautiful high resolution images because it took too long to
download with their dial-up modems and it cut into their ISP limited
quotas.

I just went to alt.binaries.test and uploaded a 5.1MB file using
UUEncode, and then repeated the process using yEnc, and guess what...
There was a 280% reduction in the size of the file with no loss in
image quality.

Even when downloading via a broadband connection it soon makes a big
difference in MBs downloaded and time taken to do so when using the ye
olde fashion UUEncode method.

I have yet to read or hear an even remotely convincing argument as to
why the use of yEnc should be avoided... I've heard a lot of lame ones
though.

Elmo von Thud