RE: Large images on the net....

Yes the 30-40K per file weight is a good idea, almost an expect standard
now.

But if you are using template designs for a site. That's is the pages all
look and feel and same and have repeat graphics. Then you can get away with
a little more weight the deeper you go into the site. As in most cases (yes
there is always the exception) a viewer will have cached the previous
standard (repeated) images.

I'm not saying go overboard. Just be aware of what the cached image weight
is, and this may give you a little more room to play with.

Always remember if it takes more than a five seconds to load anything
interesting, most people will leave you site for another one.

Gary
radharc.

>
> re graphics size you should be looking at around 30k
> per page for a reasonable speed website. Obviously you
> can increase that figure but the page will slow down
> accordingly. Don't go over 100k without warning
> visitors.
>
> if you go to websitegarage.com you will be able to get
> speeds of your page with various connections.
>
> jpg's are a good way to get the size down (try maximum
> compression first as often this is fine)
> but if there is not a huge range of colours in your
> picture I would say use gifs everytime as you have a
> much finer degree of control.
>
>
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