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> This made sense in the days of dialup speeds, but not much anymore.[a] I have Javascript disabled by default, and I notice a lot of websites (especially news
by progval 5y ago
> This made sense in the days of dialup speeds, but not much anymore.[a]
I have Javascript disabled by default, and I notice a lot of websites (especially newspapers) initially have a blurry <img/>, and later replace it with the sharp image using JS. So there is clearly still a need for this feature, even if web developers don't know about it.
- firethief 5y agoThat might have more to do with the variety of screen resolutions than progressive loading per se
- kalleboo 5y agoThe HTML IMG tag also has a "lowsrc" attribute, that is sadly deprecated now. There's also a proposal for a loading="lazyload" attribute value to allow images to load when scrolled into view https://css-tricks.com/a-native-lazy-load-for-the-web-platform/ https://css-tricks.com/a-native-lazy-load-for-the-web-platfo... https://caniuse.com/loading-lazy-attr https://caniuse.com/loading-lazy-attr
- colejohnson66 5y agoA bit late of a reply, but <picture> allows specifying multiple sizes of images. Which one will be downloaded depends on the criteria the developer set (generally based on the page or rendered image dimensions).