Even if the text replacement should not look as satisfying as using a whole big image with image maps on it, you can still split up that image into the navigation part and use image replacement techniques where the Text is still preserved. Since most of those techniques hide the Text and put the images as background images, the load will be minimized once those images are placed in the browser cache.
The idea with the 2 examples to compare is spot on. The only difference that might be seen is missing text anti-aliasing on some browsers, if its either not supported by the operating system or turned off by default (like Clear-type in Windows XP). regards, Jens ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************