Images on the Web

Images often account for most of the downloaded bytes on a web page and also often occupy a significant amount of visual space. As a result, optimizing images can often yield some of the largest byte savings and performance improvements for your website: the fewer bytes the browser has to download, the less competition there is for the client's bandwidth and the faster the browser can download and render useful content on the screen.

2) JPGs save greater detail and gradation than GIFs — JPGs save greater detail and gradation than GIFs

3) You and your client should agree on specific limits regarding file size before the Development phase. Large image files can cause long download times — You and your client should agree on specific limits regarding file size before the Development phase. Large image files can cause long download times.

4) To reduce the filesize of an image — To reduce the filesize of an image

5) Current web standards incloude browser support5 — Current web standards incloude browser support

6) Most HTML editors have the 256 color palette as the standard choices for backgrounds — Most HTML editors have the 256 color palette as the standard choices for backgrounds