[thelist] Image Size Included in Image Tag

Diane Soini dianesoini at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 11 20:24:00 CST 2003


It looks nicer when images are loading if the w and h are set, however 
it can be convenient if you are using a script that might load 
landscape- or portrait-oriented images and you really only care about 
the size of one dimension. I do notice that news web sites tend not to 
set the size because they are likely to have a different photo each day 
to accompany the story, and that photo is likely to vary from day to 
day. Sure, the text jumps around when you are reading, but it's not the 
end of the world.

Modern browsers tend to render as they go, which means no matter what 
you've done to the images, it will require the screen to repaint a few 
times as all the elements are loading. Anything you can do to reduce 
the amount of screen repaint really does help the perception of quick 
loading time, because you are reducing the rendering time.

On Thursday, December 11, 2003, at 02:55 PM, 
thelist-request at lists.evolt.org wrote:

> At 08:53 AM 12/11/2003, Brian W. Reaves wrote:
>> If I create an image to the size I want it, are there any reasons why 
>> I
>> have to include the "height & width" of the image in the "img" tag?
>>
>> EX:
>> <img src="images/image1.jpg" alt="Image" title="Image" />
>> vs.
>> <img src="images/image1.jpg" height="150" width="150" alt="Image"
>> title="Image" />



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