Whos fighting?
I haven't forgotten the size of the images. I put them there and specified the heights and widths. Surely that's a dead giveaway that I know how big they are.
The whole point I was making which you seem to have missed is that my site is a personal page for ME. It ISN'T a "Look at this page it does everything perfectly, the site loads quick, the tags are all perfect, it works in all browsers, etc etc" style site, never has been never will be, though I do maintain that it is cross-browser compatible at multiple resolution.
Switching to .GIF actually does reduce the size significantly. However, I think what you meant to say was that the image degrades because
GIFs are not good for photos
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All I am asking is - given the topic of this thread - what is the point of teaching and advocating one thing, but doing exactly the opposite? It would be like being a driving instructor and yet insisting on breaking all the road rules whenever you (that's a general 'you' - not you personally) drove privately. Simply because you (see above) wanted to.
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I'll answer this by quoting myself
"However, this brilliant method also means that banner loads last, not something I would recommend on a client/business site.
In so far as a business site goes, I think along the lines of grabbing peoples attention straight away, if they have to sit there waiting, then you've lost a customer. I try and keep banners simple and the first image to load.
too many graphics = too long to load = no customers."
says it all. I distance my page from a page that should be used for business. The helpful tip there is don't do whats done on my personal site.
BTW i'm not here to teach or advocate. I offer an opinion. Some people like image-rich sites, others don't. Its a personal preference.
Just because one person is going to leave because an image takes a long time to load doesn't mean all people will.
There are certain sites I visit that take time to load, but they are brilliant sites, and I'm happy to wait. Here's one such one that I think you would agree, you wouldn't care if it took 30 seconds to load an image you would still be on that page.
http://etherfarm.com/