my web guy used .gif and it's not working quite as fast as i want it to (u have to put the mouse over the button for a second before it changes color) he says it's my server but i think otherwise. Could i be that gif is larger than png? what else could the problem be?
2007-03-06 02:30:47 · 4 answers · asked by pugandrollwithme 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
well - it depends on the code in your page for the delay in seeing the image, early browsers do NOT support .png and the actual file size of a graphic can be altered - perhaps it's not been optimised very well.
What I'd suggest you need to do is either get a preload image script into the page or actually just not use an image for a button.
Button images are and should be on the way out - they're not as accessible as text buttons and of course need to load before the user can see what it's mean to be.
2007-03-06 03:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by circusmort 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think gifs are smaller. It sounds like your web guy is right.It could be a simple misconfiguration of the web server. You will need to tune the server. Some of the things that can slow down a web server are.
A large number of CGI or ASP requests.
Other processes on the computer (particularly a probem with Windows), such as database server and local client software.
Excessive number of web hits.
Network intensive programs on your lan.
2007-03-06 10:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pngs will not be able to change color on command, unless you are using flash. It has to be a gif in order to change if it is on a regular page.
Happy computing!
2007-03-06 10:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by dustinh456 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends. both are good because theyre fully supporrted by windows.
Make sure your button zise is not too big to open.
Just consider which one have smaller zise, I think.
2007-03-06 10:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by maxiangelo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋