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Pretty much since I've started making banners, it's been my understanding that anything over 35k for a 468x60 is too much. But I just saw an awesome Boy Secrets banner that's a hefty 185k! What would you say is the current size limit, or a decent range to try to stay in? Are 100k-200k banners ok now?
I am sure 100%, yesQuote:
Originally Posted by SLS
Size is important, but so is placement.
It can't just be big, You must know how to use it:D
good point :DQuote:
Originally Posted by chadknowslaw
judging by video useage, more than 20% of our members are on dialup. over 100k is going to slow pages for those guys pretty badly. if you have decided you aren't going to worry about that 20 - 25% of surfers, it DOES free you up to go with the big stuff...
You can still get a very good quality animated banner at 15k.
Why make them larger in filesize if you dont have to? Especially since every time they laod they will end up costing you almost ten times more.
Regards,
Lee
Yeah but that requires more talent than I have.
You're one to talk anyway Lee, you're sig button is 26k. You won't even put up other people's buttons that are over 10k. Most of the ones on the Resources front page are well over that. And your 15k limit on banners, most of the ones that rotate here are also well over that. Is there some kind of magic new compression tool that can make 15k banners not look like crap? I have to say boardtrackers 10k button is fantastic, so I gotta wonder.
btw I'm not saying that's a bad thing, your GWB button and banner are two of the most attractive eye catching ones I've ever seen. But do you think you would be better off with smaller, plainer ones? They both fit into what I would consider a normal size range. I don't get the 10k/15k thing. But I don't get 100k/200k either, maybe the Boy Secret's designer just forgot to use any compression at all.
Not all designers understand how to optimise gif files proprely . here you don't learn that in school at least