Crossdiver/The-Future-Img-Tag — Issue #3: Use a smaller image
Author: grigs
Created: 2011-11-28 19:34:40+00:00
State: open

The image being used to test is too large for small screens. It is also 53k.

If we look at the research Bryan Rieger published at MobiForge a couple of years ago, we can see common screensizes from that time period:
http://mobiforge.com/designing/story/effective-design-multiple-screen-sizes

I recommend an image that is narrower than 128 pixels. It will be a small image, but it will fit on any size screen.

FWIW, in our mobile test for concurrency, we chose images that were 4x4 squares of color. You don’t have to be that bland, but something small and fast will reduce the burden on people testing on old devices.