Optimizing Web Graphics: References

References

Optimizing Web Graphics

[AD96]

The ADSL Forum An association of competing companies that provides information and tutorials on Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and other DSL technologies. An ADSL circuit connects an ADSL modem on each end of a twisted-pair telephone line, creating three information channels -- a high speed downstream channel, a medium speed duplex channel, and a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) channel. Downstream speeds range from 1.5 to 52 Mbps (VDSL) or T1 to T3+ speeds over existing phone lines. DSL technologies have an advantage over cable modems in that they are not shared.

[Ba88]

Barnsley, M. F. The Science of Fractal Images, Springer-Verlag, 1988. See also Fractal Image Encoding by Yuval Fisher.

[Bo96]

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification. The latest PNG specification. W3C Tech Reports. Oct. 1, 1996 is the recommended v 1.0 spec.

[Cr95]

Crocker, L. "PNG: The Portable Network Graphic Format." Dr. Dobb's Journal, July 1995. pp. 36-44.

[Gu96]

Of AT&T,, AOL, and ISPs: Whither On-Ramp Intermediaries? Dr. Sunil Gupta, April, 1996.

[Ha92]

Hamilton, E. JPEG File Interchange Format. Milpital, CA: C-Cube Microsystems, 1992.

[JP95]

JPEG FAQ. Extensive information about the JPEG graphic file format, including progressive JPEGs.

[Le96]

Netscape Color Tables. From the "Guide to Web Style" by Rick Levine of Sun Microsystems.

[LZ77]

Ziv. J., and A. Lempel, "A Universal Algorithm for Sequential Data Compression," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 23, no. 3, 1977, pp. 337-343.

[LZ78]

Ziv. J., and A. Lempel, "Compression of Individual Sequences via Variable-Rate Coding," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 24, no. 5, September, 1978.

[LZ84]

Welch, T. A., "A Technique for High Performance Data Compression," IEEE Computer, Volume 17, Number 6, June 1984. See also the Graphics FAQ - GIF legality.

[NC95]

Netscape Technical Note 10117. Netscape Navigator's color palette on Windows. The 216-color Windows palette explained. Netscape Communications, 1995.

[NC95b]

Netscape Technical Note 10022. How to use custom colors for text and backgrounds on your pages. Netscape Communications, 1995.

[UN95]

LZW Information. Press release from Unisys about LZW patent and licensing policy. See also the actual LZW patent, in GIF format.

[We96]

Weinman, L. Designing Web Graphics, New Riders, 1996. Her dithering test page compares the results of using different color palettes.

Further Reading

The Bandwidth Conservation Society

A loose-knit group of webmasters who want to see the size of Web graphics reduced to conserve precious bandwidth. Good tutorials and discussions on techniques you can use to minimize the size of your graphics.

Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

The definitive resource for graphic file formats. Now in its second edition.
James Murray & William vanRyper. O'Reilly and Associates, 1996. $79.95. ISBN: 1-56592-161-5. 1154 pages (CD-ROM)

Graphics File Formats FAQ Home Page

By James Murray.

Graphics Formats for the WWW

From the W3C and Chris Lilley.

Not just decoration: quality graphics for the web

By Chris Lilley, 1994.

Optimizing Web and CD-ROM Graphics

By Jim Heid of MacWORLD May 1996 pp. 129-131.

PNG home page

A collection of resources about the PNG graphics file format. By Greg Roelofs.

Lynda Weinman

Author of Designing Web Graphics, Lynda offers insights, tutorials, non-dithering color swatches, and more.

WebSiteOptimization.com

Includes graphics and multimedia optimization tips. By Andrew B. King, author of Speed Up Your Site.

Comments are welcome

Created: June 10, 1996
Revised: Feb. 6, 2003

URL: https://webreference.com/dev/graphics/refer.html