[WEB4LIB] Optimizing Images on the Web

[MO River Regional Library]

  I have used the GIF Lube at Web Site Garage and found it pretty easy to use.  You can see what your image will look like after compression before you decide how much you want to compress it.  Best of all - it's a free service!  You can find it at http://www.websitegarage.com.  This is only for GIF formats, I'm not as familiar with compressing JPEGs.  

Robin Hastings
Computer Services Assistant
Missouri River Regional Library
ICQ #28391523
573-634-6064 x242

-----Original Message-----
From:	Donald Barclay [SMTP:donaldb at library.tmc.edu]
Sent:	Friday, January 29, 1999 1:11 PM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Optimizing Images on the Web

My library's new homepage looks nice, but I've had reports that the images 
on it are slow to load for some folks. I would like to find some way of 
optimizing the images (making them small) without damaging the quality of 
the images.

Has anyone on the list had experience with this? Any software product you 
would recommend?

I searched the Web4Lib archives, but I couldn't find anything on this 
topic. Thanks for any help.

By the way, our homepage URL is: www.library.tmc.edu.

Donald A. Barclay
Houston Academy of Medicine-
Texas Medical Center Library 
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