The present and potential future of progressive image rendering - JakeArchibald.com
When I set about writing this article, I intended it to be a strong argument for progressive rendering. But after digging into it, my feelings are less certain.
Lazy Loading Images and Video | Web Fundamentals | Google Developers
Jeremy Wagner offers a deep dive into lazy loading images (and video) with some advice for considering the no-JavaScript situation too.
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Intent to Ship: Auto Sizes for Lazy Loaded Images with Srcset
Remember when I wrote about sizes="auto"? Well, it’s coming to Chrome! Hallelujah!
On Container Queries, Responsive Images, and JPEG-XL – Cloud Four
Container queries can’t be used in the sizes attribute for responsive images. Here, Jason breaks down why that is (spoiler: it’s the lookahead pre-parser) and segues into a truly long term solution: a “magical” image format.
If you’ve ever thought it felt weird to put media conditions inside the HTML for responsive images, this will resonate.
Learn Images
Mat has written this free course for you all about images on the web. Covering image formats, responsive images, and workflows, this is one to keep on speed dial.
AddyOsmani.com - Preload late-discovered Hero images faster
Did you know there’s an imagesrcset attribute you can put on link rel="preload" as="image" (along with an imagesizes attribute)?
I didn’t. (Until Amber pointed this out.)
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