Not so with the ladybug thumbnail. The solution to the bug thumbnail problem is simply to create an image that is a close-up of the bug, with most of the foliage cropped out. The thumbnail below works much better. A mistake seen too often on Web content sites is that thumbnail images link only to the image, with no accompanying text explaining what the Web user is seeing. On table of contents-type pages, you'll probably want to make the thumbnail link to an article containing the larger photo, rather than just to the photo.
Thumbnails are a useful content tool for accommodating bandwidth starved Web users.
They give users the choice of whether or not to view a photograph that may take a minute or more to load. It's best not to force a large photo down users' throats and risk losing them from your site entirely. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce or redistribute any material from this document, in whole or in part, without written permission from Content Exchange .