Why You Shouldn’t Use Oversized Images on Your Website

Visual quality without compromising speed

High-resolution images straight from a camera or a stock site can be 5–10 MB. Loading them on a mobile phone is a disaster for the user experience.

Basic rules for web images

• WebP / AVIF formats: Better compression than JPEG or PNG while keeping images sharp.
• The right dimensions (scaling): Don’t upload a 4000px image if it will only be shown at 400px on the website.
• Lazy loading: Images load only as the user scrolls down to them.

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