Comments on: Editing and optimising images http://giteguru.com/starting-gite-website/editing-and-optimising-images/ Gite website design and online marketing advice for gite and holiday cottage rentals owners Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gite Guru http://giteguru.com/starting-gite-website/editing-and-optimising-images/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Gite Guru Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:54:37 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=310#comment-75 thanks for the 'view dependencies' idea, I'll take a look at that plugin Geoffrey. thanks for the ‘view dependencies’ idea, I’ll take a look at that plugin Geoffrey.

]]> By: Geoffrey Coan http://giteguru.com/starting-gite-website/editing-and-optimising-images/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Geoffrey Coan Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:26:26 +0000 http://giteguru.com/?p=310#comment-74 I absolutely agree with all that you're saying about large image sizes. Even with the widespread adoption of broadband it makes it much better for your visitor if the website loads snappily. One handy Firefox plugin is "view dependencies". When you right click on a page, select 'Page Info', then the new 'Dependencies' tab you'll see a quick summary of all the file sizes (images, HTML, CSS, etc) of the page you're on. Then you can target any that look too high. Personally I use the great IrfanView program (over on www.irfanview.com) to compress images by dropping the image size, reducing the colour depth, etc. I've found this gives really good compression results whilst the end images still look perfectly good (unlike some sites - such as blogger - that make a horrendous hash of your beautiful images). Cheers, Geoffrey I absolutely agree with all that you’re saying about large image sizes. Even with the widespread adoption of broadband it makes it much better for your visitor if the website loads snappily.

One handy Firefox plugin is “view dependencies”. When you right click on a page, select ‘Page Info’, then the new ‘Dependencies’ tab you’ll see a quick summary of all the file sizes (images, HTML, CSS, etc) of the page you’re on. Then you can target any that look too high.

Personally I use the great IrfanView program (over on http://www.irfanview.com) to compress images by dropping the image size, reducing the colour depth, etc. I’ve found this gives really good compression results whilst the end images still look perfectly good (unlike some sites – such as blogger – that make a horrendous hash of your beautiful images).

Cheers, Geoffrey

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