The graphics then load in background. If the user does not want to wait, they can select a hyperlink and go on their way. This means no more long waits, even with slow connections, for pages to load before you can use them. Because the use of graphics, even lots of graphics, will not delay web page text loading and use for clients with Netscape browsers, designers will use more graphics. This has meant somewhat of a headache for us developers, because we now have to go back and make all our old pages compliant with the HTML extensions.
Users really do appreciate the effort, however.
As the delays to users of including graphics vanish for more clients, we will continue to see more and more graphics being put on web pages. Good HTML design, however, will not presume that the user is able to view the graphics to make use of the page. Presence using Net. This is a fake email address. So many old members of this list were getting spam generated from siphons trolling the archives that I replaced all email addresses with randomly generated spam traps that forward mail to spam fighters.