For Web sites, size does matter
Someone on one of the lists I subscribe to advised people to make sure their sites download quickly. She punched one of my hot buttons. I hate slow-loading sites. The whole world doesn’t have cable. Even if everyone did, slow sites hog resources.
Ever notice how some days, cable or not, the Internet is slower? For dialup access, the rated speed for a modem may be 56.6 Kbps. That’s the top speed. The actual connection speed can be anywhere from 24.4 to 32 to 44 Kbps — just like rush hour on the freeway.
Be courteous; do your part to keep traffic moving.
You can compress your images a considerable amount without losing any detail. Below are links to the same image exported from Photoshop with different compression levels. Each link opens in a new window so you can compare them. (Assuming you wait for the entire image to download!) The original file — not linked below — is 309 KB.
See for yourself (links open in new windows)
- Uncompressed, 154 KB, 28 seconds at 56.6 Kbps
- Minimal compression, 119 KB, 22 seconds at 56.6 Kbps
- Moderate compression, 59 KB, 11 seconds at 56.6 Kbps
- Average compression, 27 KB, 6 seconds at 56.6 Kbps
- High compression, 18 KB, 4 seconds at 56.6 Kbps
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