Graphic Images <Back to Website Design Proper use of graphic images on a site makes it more interesting and appealing, and conveys information more easily visualized. Of all of the elements displayed on a web page, graphic images are the most interesting. The ability to display graphics in addition to text, is the primary reason for the enormous popularity of the World Wide Web. As the saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words", but with respect to web pages, a picture is worth a thousand (or MANY thousand) bytes. A small graphic (a one inch square) can contain more digital information than an entire page of text. The use of large and poorly designed graphics is the primary reason for slow-loading web pages. Studies show that viewers lose interest in a HOME page that takes longer that 20 seconds to load. Interteq has vast experience in optimizing graphics for the creation of fast-loading web pages and tests the download speed of each page with a 28.8 and/or 56.6 modem (representative of current dial-up access speeds). Next>