Images allow the web to really shine over most other computer-based information delivery systems.
The web has two standard formats, and a third format which is almost universally accepted now. The most basic graphic format used on the web, the XBM file, is a black and white image format that's seen just about as often as Elvis. What it lacks in color, though, it also lacks in storage format. If you'd like to, you can take a look at what the source file for an XBM file looks like . In this age of color graphics, digital photography, and high-tech web design, XBM files are just about as hip as ABBA .