I use image slicing on some images to stop some amatures from nicking an image. Sure, it doesn't stop everyone, but it does slow them down.
You can still have meaningful alt text as needed. On 16 Nov 2004 09:49:21 +1100, Andrew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > ****************************************************** > > -- Website Designer/Developer www.nataliebuxton.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
