Forum: Vue


Subject: Faster downloading images please...

scotttucker3d opened this issue on Aug 25, 2002 ยท 19 posts


scotttucker3d posted Mon, 26 August 2002 at 9:44 AM

Cool - glad to see everyone is in agreement here. Another thing we are all hinting at here is if it takes too long to download people will not see your images. When it takes too long people bail out just like when webpages take too long on a website. That illustration above is a perfect example Eric - thanks! Screen res images (72 dpi) are lower detail naturally, and as these images demonstrate you cannot tell the difference in higher quality jpegs at these resolutions. All that bandwitdh is wasted and your potential viewers may never see your image, because it takes too long to download. I also agree with Guitta - 800 x 600 is the perfect size - scrolling is a pain and it is always good to target your image size to fit in the average browser window. Think about how you look at an image when you go to a real art gallery - you see the image as a whole, you don't zoom in and look at parts of it - that is what scrolling forces your viewer to do. Great discussion everyone. I hope the 'fat' uploaders are listening ; ) Scott