Re: Large images on the net....

It looks like people may be talking about two different situations:


Inline images which load as a page loads should have relatively small 
file sizes; otherwise, the site visitor may not wait.


Images intended for downloading and subsequent use on the site 
visitor's computer -- e.g., as wallpaper or aa a screensaver -- do 
not have the same file size constraints. When someone downloads a 
file, a wait is expected. The size of the file should be posted, so 
the person has some idea of what to expect. Now, there are other 
concerns with files used as screensavers, etc., such as the amount of 
RAM that will be required display the image.



--Jeff








>I work for a company which deals with images. I mean, we sell
>prints, and deal with massive numbers of on-line graphics as well.
>One big problem with our "Image Catcher" section for dynamic
>desktop wallpapers and screensavers is the trade-off between file
>size and image quality. ^_^
>
>Our biggest file resolution is 1280x1024; we've been fiddling with
>various things to get something around 300K at a 65% JPEG,
>which we accepted as the best we could get for these photographic
>images.
>
>I'm curious -- since I'll be working with some large images for my
>own site, how big is too big? What is the average modem speed
>out there? One thing I've actually done in porting individual images
>to friends is to place an uncompressed, highest-quality JPEG or
>BMP into a self-excutable. Would users bumping into my site be
>willing to take the time to download an excutable and do the extra
>work (well, a mouse-click) to extract it if the image is high-enough
>quality?
>
>Anyway, as a sort-of "survey" for this kind of thing, e.g. modem
>speed and what's too big, you may e-mail me privately or fill out my
>so-called Metasurvey at http://www.oion.net/gic/metasurvey.htm
>(use comment box).
>
>(Oh, and shameless plug - the company I work for:
>http://www.worldprints.com . ^____^)
>
>cheers
>
>
>
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