If you're a web-developer, you probably know that a fast loading website is probably one of the most appreciated features of a website. Even more importantly to understand is that most of us (here in Tanzania) still depend on dongles for our personal computing and browsing, therefore, we don't really have that fast of an internet connection. But even for those with fast internet connection, a faster load is always appreciated.
Among the very many things that make a website load slow is the fact that some developers just don't web-optimize their images. Long ago I used to be one of those developers. I've changed now :). Simply put, if an image is going to fit in a content area of about 100 px by 100 px, then use Photoshop or Gimp or any other image editing software to resize the image to the needed size, and change that 300dpi or greater to 72 or 96dpi, which is more than enough for computer monitors. Some developers would use the img tag to resize the image, but guess what, if it was a 2MB file, then a 2MB file would be downloaded when that page loads. If you have 10 of those, that's 20 MB to download at page load. See where this is going???
The other thing you could do is web-optimize the image. In Photoshop, you've the option to save for web. It allows you to save an image at various qualities. Try to find an option that gives you great quality and the minimal file size, a 2MB file can easily be 10KB. Haven't you saved a lot?
Well, wishing you all the best.
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