Web Graphics - Examples

Functionally, graphics can:

• Serve to illustrate a point. A picture truly does paint a thousand words. For example, the graphics at http://www.oswego.org/ExamPrep/math/venn/LVenn.htm illustrate how Venn diagrams are used, as well as brightening up the page.

• Serve to provide a menu or aid to navigation. Providing a graphical menu or navigational icons can provide a consistent feel or theme across your web site. This will generate character and effectively allow you to badge your site. See http://www.bofield.com/ and http://home.cnet.com/ for contrasting examples of well-branded sites.

Decoratively, graphics can:

• Be used as a background for a web page, for example: http://www.nasm.edu/StarWars/sw-unit1.htm .

• Serve to provide a break from monotonous blocks of text, for example: http://www.worldwar1.com/tlbruoff.htm .

Take a look at the graphics-heavy site at http://www.andyart.com for a taste of download times. Sensibly, the webmaster here offers alternatives between low-graphics and high-graphics upon entry to the site.