Lily Taharudin/Application Consultant
When designing applications just for a website accessed only by a desktop or laptop, many of us got comfortable using low-resolution images. They loaded faster and back in the day, with networks and browsers working more slowly, everything you could do to improve performance truly mattered.
Now, when you don’t know who will be accessing your website and how, you want to optimize the experience for everyone. As noted in prior tips, design of your mobile-facing site cannot be a clone of your old desktop-facing website. In most cases, you want to use high-resolution images now. Most devices have high-definition screens which require an image double the resolution of a desktop. Having extremely high-resolution images will help you avoid having pixelated or blurry images when viewed on a retina-quality screen.
Expectations for visibility have increased and people demand clear images. With download speeds greatly improved, loading time for these images is less of an issue, so make sure you have sharp images to create a great user experience. As you see below, the low res image is a poor representation of your brand and can quickly put people off. Get it right and keep people on your site.
