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Subject:Re: where to use large graphics (e.g. image maps) From:Keith Soltys <ksoltys -at- IO -dot- ORG> Date:Sat, 28 Oct 1995 17:16:59 -0400
>The downside is that I'm currently designing my company's
>home page, and I think my boss really likes large image maps.
>So, the meat of my question is this: Where is it appropriate to
>use a 20K image map?
>LaVonna
If you want to use a large image map, it would be polite to load
a link to a text-only menu before the image map loads. I've seen
that done on some pages.
Regards,
Keith
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