Re^4: Manipulating Images (height and width)

[Aristotle]

You do have a point. In theory. I haven't run across a case in practice yet where you could expect both the scaled down and original size image to be viewed with that kind of certainty.

As for thumbnails, I am on a slowish connection and I consider it rude if someone is too lazy to put up scaled down thumbs to serve; more than likely I'm not going to bother waiting for the gallery to load.

The only case where it is realistically sensible to use IMG attributes is when the same image is used in various scaling factors on the same page - which is usually the scaled transparent pixel scaler..

Makeshifts last the longest.

[sauoq]

You do have a point. In theory. I haven't run across a case in practice yet where . . .

Ah. Well, I actually have. Among other things, the company I work for provides web access to a service which we customize for our clients. Our clients are themselves large companies. Part of the customization includes branding the site with their logos. We request that they provide us with a single logo image of a particular size and a transparent background. We use the single image in various places in, I think, three different sizes. The primary reason we choose to use one image rather than three is to avoid maintenance issues.

As Steven Wright has said, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it."

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

[Aristotle]

That is a special case of the "used in various sizes on the same page" rule, I'd say.. :-)

Makeshifts last the longest.