FP Resources AccessFP Mall With much thanks to Phil Barnett for his contribution to this web site. Speed Up Those Pages. As every schoolboy knows, speed is critical on the internet.
Every carriage return adds a couple of bytes to the file.
So the trick is to use as few lines as possible consistent with editability. Whip those images into shape. In the case of GIFs, reduce the size by reducing the number of colours. Sixteen colours is often adequate for text and line art, occasionally you can even go down to just two colours. This is even more important for animated GIFs.