exactly!!! yes they are. for thumbnails im using webP which achieves much better compression than the more standard png (like 10:1) which enables us to do a lot

exactly!!! yes they are. for thumbnails im using webP which achieves much better compression than the more standard png (like 10:1) which enables us to do a lot more with them. and when navigating fullsize photos, using some intelligent preloading so we never bog out :D i'll try to get some initial commits pushed up soon. u can follow me here, the project is called montage (open to suggestions on name too lol): https://github.com/conceptualspace https://github.com/conceptualspace