There’s lots of neat tricks for reducing the size of JPGs in this article by Colt McAnlis:
With the Average webpage size now larger than the original DOOM game, you have to start asking where all the bytes are coming from, and how you can do more to toss those things out.
While JPG compression is impressive in its’ own right, how you use it in your application can influence the size of these files significantly. As such I’ve assembled a handy collection of things that can help you squeeze out those last bits, and make a better experience for your users.
