| PLEASE note: These pages are here solely for historic purposes. New articles have not been written since 2001; many links in the index are broken; and most ahref.com email addresses will now bounce. Try visiting ep Productions, Incorporated, the web programming and development company behind this site. |
Tip: Having problems with this site? Please report them to the webmaster.
ahref.com > Guides > Design
Skinny Graphics, Continued |
|
| Recycling Graphics In terms of speed, the next best thing to using no images is to use images that are cached. Cached images are the ones that have already been downloaded (for example, the images from the screen you just left). The web browser stores these images in its cache for short-term use. Reusing certain images across your site will make pages seem to load faster, since the browser will pull them from the cache instead of from the 'Net. These are just a few of the things you can do to help speed up your graphics. If you have other ideas, secret recipes, or clever tricks, spill the beans in the discussion forum. Jennifer Fleming is an Anchor producer and the author of the upcoming book Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience (O'Reilly, 1998). She runs Square Circle Solutions, a Boston-based web firm specializing in user experience consulting and idea generation. |
Secrets of the Web Design Masters Builder.com interview with top web designers reveals production tips and tricks.
Find design titles in the bookstore. In association with Amazon.com.
|
|
<<< to design guide or jump to a topic:
Physical Size 
|
|
|
To suggest a topic, please email guides@ahref.com. |
|
