I still use slicing to split a single image into JPEG and GIF sections. For example, in a people with product shot, the people work best as a JPEG whereas the product works best as a GIF.
I know you're supposed to be able to create a CSS-based slice layout and Photoshop includes this option, but I've never got one to work with any consistency. Probably it's just my inexperience. -------------------------------- On Tuesday, 16 November 2004 8:08 AM, Terrence Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Interesting question. > >Slicing an image was a necessary part of creating a table based design >to ensure that the table cells aligned properly to preserve the design. >Designers sometimes used image slicing to improve the perceived >responsiveness of a site by providing some visual feedback that the site >was loading. > >This is far less an issue with CSS based design because the positioning >of elements is created via declarations in the stylesheet. > >The only situation I'm aware of where image slicing is necessary in >table less designs is for the various sliding doors techniques to get >the left and right sides of tabs or round cornered boxes. > >Personally I wouldn't slice an image without a really good reason (I >can't think of a really good reason right now), and the decision to >slice up a large image is a decision you need to balance with the >requirements of the site: > >1. Is the image essential to the design? Or does it work without it? >2. Does slicing an image make the site (appear) more responsive? >3. What is the trade off between one trip to the server v. many trips >4. How complicated is it (in markup) to reconstruct the image >in a browser? > > >./tdw > > >On 2004-11-16 6:19 AM, Marilyn Langfeld wrote: >> I haven't seen any discussions about slicing images, with regards to >> web standards. I expect slicing is discouraged, since it is >> table-based. What do you do if you want to use a fairly large image in >> a design >****************************************************** >The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
