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What’s the average image size for fast downloading
What’s the average image size for fast downloading? Fast and efficient is good.
I like to keep it small but is 24KB getting too big? What are the general rules?Thanks!
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hello…
it’s more page total than per image and it also depends on your audience, the presentation at hand, etc. etc…very hard to give you a specific average, but i think these days anything over 100kb of non-cachable images on a given page is pretty big…
(but i’m a little old school, unfortunately)
hope that helps!
sitruc
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Hmmm, never knew it was considered the page total–But that makes sense.
Is there ever a benefit of cutting a 40kb image half? Does that download quicker? -
hello…
[Gordy Grundy] “Is there ever a benefit of cutting a 40kb image half? Does that download quicker?”
not sure i’m following this – smaller is always better, but i suspect that you have something else in mind?
but yes – page total is key – if you have 75kb of images on every page (nav, etc), then you are much more tied up if you want to devote 40kb to a single image – but if you have 10kb of fixed content on every page then you certainly have more wiggle room as needed…
sitruc
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Understood. Learning much.
If my page has a total of 100kb imagery on it, is it OK to have one jpeg at 100kb or is there a faster download if I have four jpegs at 25kb each? -
hello…
ahh – i gotcha. ya – it is typically better to break down larger images if possible, as the browser can then get them individually – even a progressive jpg still won’t render nice until done, so if you have smaller images then they will ultimately show up a smidge faster for users with a faster connection…
sitruc
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Many thanks!
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