Book description
High-quality images have an amazing power of attraction. Just add some stunning photos and graphics to your website or app and watch your user engagement and conversion numbers climb. It can be tricky, but with this practical guide, you’ll master the many facets of delivering high performance images on the internet—without adversely affecting site performance.
You’ll learn the nuts and bolts of color theory, image formats, storage and management, operations delivery, browser and application behavior, the responsive web, and many other topics. Ideal for developers, this book also provides useful tips, tricks, and practical theory for processing and displaying powerful images that won’t slow down your online product.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. The Case for Performance
- I. Image Files and Formats
- 2. The Theory Behind Digital Images
- 3. Lossless Image Formats
- 4. JPEG
- 5. Browser-Specific Formats
- 6. SVG and Vector Images
- II. Image Loading
- 7. Browser Image Loading
- 8. Lazy Loading
- 9. Image Processing
- 10. Image Consolidation (for Network and Cache Efficiencies)
- 11. Responsive Images
- 12. Client Hints
- 13. Image Delivery
- 14. Operationalizing Your Image Workflow
- 15. Summary
- A. Raster Image Formats
- B. Common Tools
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C. Evolution of <img>
- 1989: Inline Images, GIFs, and Patents
- 1995: HTML 2.0 and <img lowsrc>
- 2000: Dark Ages of Images—HTML 4.01, CSS, and the Status Quo
- 2007: Mobile! Mobile! Mobile!
- 2010: Responsive Web Design, Retina Displays, and Responsive Images
- 2014 Responsive Images HTML Spec
- New Image Formats
- 2015: Client Hints and Accepts
- Index
Product information
- Title: High Performance Images
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2016
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491925805
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