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New Recommendations for Ecommerce Images

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For ecommerce companies—particularly for those selling apparel—it likely makes sense to prioritize image quality above file size.

This is a really interesting post from Jason, as I shared the same habbit to optimize for performance as much as possible, sometimes maybe degrading image quality.

  1. Note from 4 April 2024

    Most mentions of the magical CSS object-fit: cover; in development tutorials should be accompanied by a warning: in most situations, it means the browser will download an image that is larger than required (at least in one direction), and optimization on the server side could be a better option.