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June 25, 2013 at 1:52 pm #140321
Alen
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> I’m also being realistic in thinking that a portfolio site is going to be primarily viewed on HUGE macs with fast connections.

Do whatever you like, but this way of thinking will not get you anywhere. Watch the video I linked above. Dave talks about best practices and there’s plenty of tips on how to size images appropriately. He specifically talks about Okley website where the images compounded to over 80MB+.