Do you use text rather than images where appropriate?
Updated by Chris Schultz [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
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Using text rather than images has multiple advantages:
- Downloads faster - a users patience extends to about 7 seconds.
- Cheaper to update - a simple find and replace.
- Discoverable by search engines - if people can't get to your site, what's the point of it being there?
- Readable on an iPhone - Images will either be resized or require scrolling, which would create difficulties for readability.
<img src="Images/Heading_Welcome.gif>
❌ Figure: Bad Example - Using image for text header
<h1>Welcome to My Page</h1>
✅ Figure: Good Example - This text can be easily rendered by the browser and recognized by search engine
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