Posted by mbstevens on 01/18/08 13:20

Jim S wrote:
> Not strictly an HTML question, but what is the accepted size of graphics on
> a website? I have kept mine to a maximum of 610 x 400 px knowing that some
> people will still view on 800 x 600 screens with all manner of toolbars.
> However they look better when bigger.
> I am tempted to go bigger for those of us on 1024 x 768 or more.
> Is there an accepted convention for this or does everyone do their own
> thing?

You can use thumbnail image links
that use actually tiny images (as opposed to displaying
the full sized images small) and allow the visitor
to choose only images wanted by clicking through.
But you are stuck with choosing the size of the eventual
enlargement for the visitor.

For really big enlargements I would
show a tiny image associated with several standard links to
different sized enlargements. Each link should suggest
the size of the enlargement in its text. The visitor can
choose which size to use.
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mbstevens
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