Although Gopher sites are known to offer primarily text, they are certainly capable of supporting images. Usually what is provided is a list of individual image files, ex. Web pages offer the capability to combine text, often identifications, with images, including displaying multiple images simultaneously, a considerable advantage. Video files are usually large files which can take some time to retrieve. Therefore, they are often offered in different file sizes to allow users to select small or large files allowing for workstation capability and transfer rates.
Web browsers offer different capabilities.
Mosaic enables viewing of these larger images within a helper application, ex. However, Netscape enables viewing of large image files only within Netscape. Possible restrictions for downloading and re-purposing are real concerns. Many images are not in the public domain and, therefore, certain restrictions for their use may apply. Also, some Web sites may provide small, inline images but not larger images.