NetFront Browser/display of images

I've noticed that on the VM-4500 and PM-8200, which both use the
NetFront browser, .jpgs are displayed on a https connection to a web
page, but .gifs are not. However, .gifs display just fine on a http
connection,

Does Sprint PCS try to compress uncompressed images? Does anyone know
why the gifs won't show up on an encrypted web page?

Thanks,
Anne

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:40:39 GMT, News Reader <no@add.rss> wrote:

>I've noticed that on the VM-4500 and PM-8200, which both use the
>NetFront browser, .jpgs are displayed on a https connection to a web
>page, but .gifs are not. However, .gifs display just fine on a http
>connection,

>Does Sprint PCS try to compress uncompressed images?

My understanding is that they do.

>Does anyone know why the gifs won't show up on an encrypted web page?
>
>Thanks,
>Anne

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:40:39 +0000, News Reader wrote:

> I've noticed that on the VM-4500 and PM-8200, which both use the
> NetFront browser, .jpgs are displayed on a https connection to a web
> page, but .gifs are not. However, .gifs display just fine on a http
> connection,
>
> Does Sprint PCS try to compress uncompressed images? Does anyone know
> why the gifs won't show up on an encrypted web page?
>
> Thanks,
> Anne

I would imagine the size of the images plays a factor here. By default
sprintpcs re-compresses/re-sizes all images over their data connections
because of the limited processing power/connection speed/ and cache size
of the devices on their network. Some phones only have around 200k of
cache for the entire browsing session. Most likely the gif files are just
too much for your phone's browser to render on its own, or in a timely
manner. Jpeg files tend to usually be more compact then gif files so that
would explain why, unlike the gif files, you can view them over both http
and https. On a side note I have ran into netfront browser https issues on
more then one occasion so my faith in its ability using https is not set
high.