Comments on: The Big Picture: The Fires http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2008/07/07/the-big-picture-the-fires/ I'm a web technologist interested in product and user experience design strategy with deep expertise in frontend engineering & web development. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brian cantoni http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2008/07/07/the-big-picture-the-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-111906 brian cantoni Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:14:09 +0000 http://nate.koechley.com/blog/?p=493#comment-111906 Nate, great pointer to a really interesting site. I'm glad to see some large-size images on a news site again. Seems they've only been getting smaller and smaller. Nate, great pointer to a really interesting site. I’m glad to see some large-size images on a news site again. Seems they’ve only been getting smaller and smaller.

]]> By: erik http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2008/07/07/the-big-picture-the-fires/comment-page-1/#comment-111553 erik Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:02:59 +0000 http://nate.koechley.com/blog/?p=493#comment-111553 It's interesting that ubiquitous fast internet + bigger monitors have contributed to the trend of much bigger images on photo websites. Only a few years ago the rule of thumb for sizing images based on the best user experience dictated smaller images on news + portfolio sites. Perhaps that practice is going the way of the web-based color palette (etc.)? Here are some examples of new sites with big impact images: http://www.jessicadimmock.com/ http://www.alankaplanphotography.com/ http://www.benlowy.com/ Note that some of these guys like to resize your browser. Also note that the sites that use flash use image smoothing, which allows you to be able to resize your browser and still see a great looking photo. (Is it possible to get the same thing effect with JavaScript?) It’s interesting that ubiquitous fast internet + bigger monitors have contributed to the trend of much bigger images on photo websites. Only a few years ago the rule of thumb for sizing images based on the best user experience dictated smaller images on news + portfolio sites. Perhaps that practice is going the way of the web-based color palette (etc.)?

Here are some examples of new sites with big impact images:

http://www.jessicadimmock.com/
http://www.alankaplanphotography.com/
http://www.benlowy.com/

Note that some of these guys like to resize your browser. Also note that the sites that use flash use image smoothing, which allows you to be able to resize your browser and still see a great looking photo. (Is it possible to get the same thing effect with JavaScript?)

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