Daily Web Design Class: Graphics

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Daily Web Design Class Graphics From Jennifer Kyrnin, your Guide to Web Design / HTML Graphics and images are a way of playing with design on your Web site. But it's easy to destroy a good design with a poor image. Optimizing Images An image that's too large and slow to download will ruin the effect of any Web site. Make sure your graphics are optimized. Always Use the Alt Attribute You may not think that the alt-text attribute will matter in your design, but if you don't have this attribute your pages won't be accessible, and that's always poor design. Always Use Width and Height The width and height attributes are also key to good design, as they help the browser display the page more quickly. Don't Use the Browser to Resize Images This is the number one mistake most new Web designers make. It's so much easier to just tell the browser the width and height you want, rather than resizing your images to the correct size with a graphics editor. Coming Up Next The final lesson in this series explains how to use multimedia in effective Web designs. This email is written by: Jennifer Kyrnin Web Design / HTML Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Daily Web Design Class' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement