Posted by Persona on 01/31/12 11:53

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> jojo wrote:
> > <azzamqazi@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1153430077.540199.232490@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >> OK i got it. I can put the link directly. Now the problem is that i
> >> want the image to be displayed a little larger. Is there a way to do
> >> that?
> >
> >
> >
> > <a href="xxx.png"><img src="xxx-thumb.png" width="600" height="400"
> > alt="xxx.png"></a>
>
> I would not recommend you do this, using IMG's WIDTH and HEIGHT
> attributes to scale the image either larger or smaller than the actual
> image's pixel dimensions is a bad idea. Browser's rendering engines are
> not very good at this and the results will be poor. Use graphic software
> and resample images to the exact size you need. With software you have
> access to blur and sharpen filters to tweak the new image and get a far
> better result.
>
> Use IMG's WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes only to reserve the 'place' for
> the images. This aids the browser so your page's layout doesn't morph as
> the images load.
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
> LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
> http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Thanks, this is useful to me too as I slowly work towards developing my
site.

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