Yup i agree vlad, we also use page compression on the website so that also speeds up page loads (an 80k page gets compressed to around 8k) and then it exapnds on the other end, of course large images are affected much by compression, so we decided to lighten up the pages a bit to also help speed the site up. we appreciate everyone's feedback. It helps us make thigs better for the visitors and friends of course ;-)