Skip to Content
Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
book

Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

by Jennifer Robbins
February 2006
Intermediate to advanced
826 pages
63h 42m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Progressive Display (Interlacing)

Like GIFs, PNGs can be encoded for interlaced display. When this option is selected, the image displays in a series of passes; the first pass displays after only a portion of the file has been downloaded, and each subsequent pass increases in detail and clarity until the whole image is rendered.

Interlaced PNGs display over a series of seven passes (using a method known as Adam7, named for its creator, Adam Costello). The first rendering of the image appears after only 1/64 of the file has downloaded (that’s eight times faster than GIF). Unlike GIF, which fills in horizontal rows of information, PNGs fill in both horizontally and vertically. Interlacing can add to the file size of PNGs, especially on small images (which don’t really need to be interlaced anyway). To keep file sizes as small as possible, turn interlacing off.

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Web Design in a Nutshell

Web Design in a Nutshell

Jennifer Niederst
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, 4th Edition

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, 4th Edition

Jason Beaird, Alex Walker, James George

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596009879Errata Page