TAG | progressive jpeg
Just had a thought that maybe the browsers could sort this out. A browser could detect when a JPEG is shown smaller than full-size and choose to download only what is needed.
For example, if a JPEG is displayed 100% or larger then the full image is downloaded. If displayed at 20% then maybe only the [...]
Not possible as far as I’m aware, but thumbnails do annoy me. Either they are processed smaller version of the full image – a form of duplication. Or the full version is used but displayed smaller – bandwidth, page loading times and browser image resizing beauty niggles.
Progressive JPEGs load progressively with each iteration enhancing the [...]
