Posted by Mitja on 06/06/05 19:12

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:35:49 +0200, Mel <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:

> i will be creating graphics from database object. i would like to
> hyperlink
> certain regions and highlight it when the mouse is over any defined
> region.
> (image maps)
>
> my question is: what is the fastest graphic update on the browsers. my
> graphics are just boxes and lines with some color, so it is not very
> complicated.
>
> GIF or JPEG or PNG or ...

given the type of graphics, definitely gif or png. The difference is
small. In my experience, if you have VERY small pics, using gif may shave
off a coupla bytes. Otherwise, png's compression algorithm usually does
slightly better.

Mitja

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