Re: graphics loading first in B&W

by Virginia Blalock <skatefan(at)visions.simplenet.com>

 Date:  Tue, 08 Sep 1998 07:31:07 -0500
 To:  hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
 References:  hwg
  todo: View Thread, Original
At 02:03 PM 9/8/98 +0300, Ashfaq Khan wrote:

>Let me explain you by showing an example.
>
>Let say for instance you have an image in GIF
>format with size=38 kb.  Since this image takes
>time to load you can introduce an interlaced image
>(B&W) with size=3 kb and this technique is used
>using a special attribute with <img> tag.  The completed
>tag is given below.
><img src="cleanMichael.gif" lowsrc="fadeMichael.gif">
>
>Note: This works only with GIF format.
>

Also, if you work on validating your site, the LOWSRC tag does does not
validate. I know it doesn't validate 4.0. I am not sure if it validates
with variations of HTML lower than that.

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