Reading | Chapter 8
When adding images to my website, I have to consider a handful of things. Most importantly I need to remind myself about downloading speed, but also its quality. There are three main formats for images that CSS will recognize the best – JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) and PNG (Portable Network Graphics). Each format will display different results. GIFs generally download slower than PNGs and JPEGs, but can ready type better and has an animation feature. JPEGs are ideal for photographs because of how many colors it can display. They also download the fastest of the three. PNG formats are best for layering transparencies and have slightly better image quality and downloading speed than GIFs. With this in mind my website can now display images or animations in a more considerable way.