Visual Design for the Modern Web

Chapter Six. Graphics

	“Years ago, the Web was little more than black text on a gray background. The infrequent graphic took about three weeks to load, it cost three cents to buy a loaf of bread, and I had to sludge through seven feet of snow just to get to school. Times have changed, the snow has melted, and the Web has become a place where visitors expect slick, professional graphics.”
	--MARK BAKALOR, WWW.EFUSE.COM/DESIGN/WEB_GRAPHICS_BASICS.HTML:

Graphics are great fun and very seductive. They can convey information quickly and memorably, and their embellishing, enriching presence can add greatly to the appeal of a site. In fact, we have come to expect graphics on all professional sites, so much so that we view sites without engaging graphics ...