I've said it before, but I'll say it again: one of the main goals of Maneno is to have a lightweight download footprint. We been making good strides in keeping the site small to download, yet fully functional. Of course, this might not be enough for some folks who are having to make do with extremely narrow internet connections and high latency. It would seem to be a simple thing to just get rid of all the images on the site or take away functionality to make it lighter to download. But, not everyone has the same needs when it comes to a light bandwidth site.

Because of this, we have introduced a connection speed selector. You can choose your speed when you join or modify it through your profile page. This a very new feature and it will evolve over time to best fit peoples' needs, but currently there are four settings:

1 Fast (>256kb) - All of the site functions are available.

2 A Little Slow (128kb-256kb) - This blocks a couple of minor scripts and some other items. There are no visible changes, but the download size is a bit less.

3 Slow (56kb-128kb) - This takes out a great deal more in addition to #2. You won't see the individual blog themes. Images on the home page are taken out. Site graphics are removed. Articles will only have a small, thumbnail image. The WSIWYG editor for writing articles is removed as well.

4 Very Slow (<56kb) - This is quite extreme. In addition to everything from #2 and #3, you won't see any article images (unless a user embedded them in the text). In time, more components will be reduced to have Maneno still be functional, but be quite plain and work almost completely as text-only with a target page size of around 5kb.

All of these settings are available now, although #4 isn't complete yet. Play around with them and see what you think. Like I said, we're still working on it and will be refining it, but soon, it will hopefully allow access from even the smallest trickle to this platform of an internet connection. As always, send us a line through the Contact page if you have any feedback.