I clearly remember watching the image clarity crawling down photos on dial-up. Otherwise, you'd be staring at a blank screen for 2 minutes, instead of a gradual

I clearly remember watching the image clarity crawling down photos on dial-up. Otherwise, you'd be staring at a blank screen for 2 minutes, instead of a gradually-improving image. (Since you mentioned Chrome and Firefox in another comment, I'm not thinking of browsers that new).