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11,021 PointsQuestion about server space and pictures...
If you use several identical pictures at different sizes (small.jpg, medium.jpg, large.jpg, retina.jpg ) and then use scripts like picturefill to make each one appear at a certain breakpoint, will that consume more bandwidth and slow down the page or not? How can one do that? Won't the site end up being a couple of MB large?
2 Answers
Wayne Priestley
19,579 PointsIn theory yes it will slow down you site, but its all relevant to the quantity of images you have on your site.
It will consume more bandwidth but you should have enough from your hosting company unless you have a huge image gallery and are loading very large images. If it becomes an issue I would look for another hosting company that offers more bandwidth.
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHere's a few tools you can use to analyze server requests and load times.