Re: Sliced images - why ?

by "Paul Wilson" <webguroo(at)tampabay.rr.com>

Date:	Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:10:47 -0800
To:	<jaitchis(at)hwy.com.au>, <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
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> tthis is a newbieish (?) question .. I can't quite grasp why you would
> use sliced images. From googling, the claimed benefit seems to be
> faster loading, but my experience (as a user) seems to be that you
> get a whole bunch of ugly holes that fill in a random fashion (giving
> no impression of faster loading).

I use sliced images because according to searchenginewatch.com two of the
SE's ignore maps.  I use sliced images in place of maps.  They do give the
impression when the net is slow, that something is happening.  Its a matter
of opinion whether thats good or bad.

Paul Wilson
webguroo(at)tampabay.rr.com

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