Best Image Size

each, but they are the full size image, the thumbnail is 9k


"William Tasso" <SpamBlocked.RemoveThis@tbdata.com> wrote in message
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 > alandem wrote:
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  > > What do you think the perfecr image size should be for a web page in
  > > k's. I have 56.2k for my images but have been told this is too big?
  > > Your views?
 >
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 > 56k each or altogether?
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 > each, but they are the full size image, the thumbnail is 9k
  > >
  > >
  > > 56k each or altogether?


If you have thumbnails that link to bigger pictures that shouldn't be a
problem... because by clicking on the picture the user knows they are going
to a larger version of it.

The problem is when the picture is on a page and the user doesn't know a
massive file is coming... like if they went to your home page by typing in
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.whateveryoursiteis.com" target="_blank">www.whateveryoursiteis.com</a> and had to wait 1-2 minutes while the page loaded
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William Tasso wrote:

 > alandem wrote:
 >
 >
  >>What do you think the perfecr image size should be for a web page in
  >>k's. I have 56.2k for my images but have been told this is too big?
  >>Your views?
 >
 >
 >
 > 56k each or altogether?
 >

Best (most simple way) to think of things is "1kb per second". How many
seconds will one of your visitors be willing to wait?

This is by no means a totally realistic way to work out load times - if
your visitors are predominatly broadbank, a 50+ kb image will still only
take a second or less to load... so.... When I work on sites which I
KNOW are for slower users, the 1k per second rule seems a reasonable guess.

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:29:35 +0100 SpaceGirl
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 >Best (most simple way) to think of things is "1kb per second". How many
 >seconds will one of your visitors be willing to wait?
 >
 >This is by no means a totally realistic way to work out load times - if
 >your visitors are predominatly broadbank, a 50+ kb image will still only
 >take a second or less to load... so.... When I work on sites which I
 >KNOW are for slower users, the 1k per second rule seems a reasonable guess.
 >

<aol> me too </aol>

Matt

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Matt Probert wrote:

 > <aol> me too </aol>

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