Even though more and more Internet users switch to broadband every year, a large portion of the web's population is still running on good old dialup connections. It is therefore unwise to count them out of the equation when you're designing your website, and a very major consideration we have to make for dialup users is the loading time of your website.
Even on a dialup connection, all the text on your website will be loaded in a very short time. Large images on your website is the culprit of sites that are slow to load, and striking a delicate balance between using just enough images to attract your users is important and not to bog down the overall loading of your site.
On your site, you should also go to a greater length and optimize every image to make sure it loads the least time possible. What I really mean is to use image editing software to remove unnecessary information on your images, and thereby effectively reducing the file size of your image without affecting its appearance.
When you save an image as a JPEG file and you own a Photoshop, it will be obvious to you that you will be able to choose the quality of the JPEG image when a dialog box appears and a setting of 8 to 10 is normally good enough because while saving it at a small file size, the quality of your image will be preserved. If you do not have Photoshop, there are many free image compressors online that you can download and use to reduce your image's file size.
On the other hand, you can opt to save your images in PNG format to get the best quality at the least file size. You can also save your images in GIF format -- the image editing software clips away all the color information not used in your image, hence giving you the smallest file size possible. But often compromising the appearance of your image is saving in GIF format which is why you should make your choice wisely.
Even on a dialup connection, all the text on your website will be loaded in a very short time. Large images on your website is the culprit of sites that are slow to load, and striking a delicate balance between using just enough images to attract your users is important and not to bog down the overall loading of your site.
On your site, you should also go to a greater length and optimize every image to make sure it loads the least time possible. What I really mean is to use image editing software to remove unnecessary information on your images, and thereby effectively reducing the file size of your image without affecting its appearance.
When you save an image as a JPEG file and you own a Photoshop, it will be obvious to you that you will be able to choose the quality of the JPEG image when a dialog box appears and a setting of 8 to 10 is normally good enough because while saving it at a small file size, the quality of your image will be preserved. If you do not have Photoshop, there are many free image compressors online that you can download and use to reduce your image's file size.
On the other hand, you can opt to save your images in PNG format to get the best quality at the least file size. You can also save your images in GIF format -- the image editing software clips away all the color information not used in your image, hence giving you the smallest file size possible. But often compromising the appearance of your image is saving in GIF format which is why you should make your choice wisely.
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