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Article #354Re: what to do about these overly large header images
From: Jim_Jordan
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:09
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:09
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it appears to load faster
Your perception is off. More files mean more separate requests to the server, more overhead in each image file, and more HTML is required to render the separate images.
Investigate single LOWSRC images and progressive JPG files.
Still not knowing what kind of image you have, if there is text overlaid on a photo, you can use CSS layers. Use a soft photo in the background with high JPG compression and overlay crisp text in a GIF file with very few colors (or actual text in a DIV).
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