The Internet has historically been used used to communicate all kinds of data, including graphical data. Before 1993, however, the only Web browsers were text-based ones, such as Lynx.
Lynx is incapable of presenting inline graphical data.
FTP, Email and Usenet Newsgroups were the main ways that graphical data was accessed and transferred on the Internet up until 1993. The grapical nature of web browsers such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, and Mosaic has contributed significantly to the increased popularity of the Internet. Creators of Web sites have a range of backgrounds and skill sets. Not all of these developers have a solid knowledge of the many principals of graphics useage on the Web. These are the sort of issues that this site is designed to address.