Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Fourth Edition

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Chapter 2 ■ Designing for the Past, Present, and Future
Figure 2.21
Larger version of a thumbnail image.
To create thumbnails correctly, a designer needs to make two images: the original
photo and then the original photo resized smaller. While it is more work, the
user will appreciate the increased speed of the download.
Summary
Designers have been dealing with browser issues since the 1990s, and today is no
exception. Many times, a designer should determine design requirements based
on usage statistics that not only provide browser information but also give information
to monitor color depth, resolution, and JavaScript support, among
other issues.
It is always smart to learn from the past. There are several mistakes that designers
have made over the years that today’s designers can learn from and improve
on, such as frames, image buttons, background images, uncontrolled color,
uncompressed images, and thumbnails.