speed up image

[benslayton]

Is there any way to speed up image loading???

[djr33]

No. You can't speed up loading... connections transfer ones and zeros... bytes.... megabytes... images.
So... that's that.

You could make it a smaller file, though.

[Twey]

You can use something like gzip compression from your server.

[benslayton]

well i have an image that is 4000 x 4000 how do i get it to load faster

[benslayton]

You can use something like gzip compression from your server.

Let Me google that...

[djr33]

Is that really worth it?

The data still needs to be sent... does every browser have compatibility for that?

[benslayton]

Is that really worth it?

Is what really worth it? the gzip?
Or my image question?

[Twey]

All recent browsers support gzip encoding. It's used quite transparently on many sites.

[benslayton]

what if I put the image in Flash??? could that help any?

[Twey]

Nope.
Only way to do it is to compress it somehow -- JPEG, gzip, whatever.