Formats and Browser Support

Most image filetypes can be loaded by all browsers without error, but it’s always a good idea to have a fallback should images not load, or not load correctly.

Set the Width and Height

An important reason for including the width="" and height="" attributes to your image elements is that the web browser uses these to reserve the correct amount of space for the image on the page when rendering, even in the case where the page is rendered before the image file is delivered to the browser.

This means that the page will not have to ‘re-render’ to accommodate an image that loads after the rest of the page.

Include Well-Written Alts and Titles

While it is important to be descriptive in these attributes for accessibilty reasons, the alt="" and title="" attributes will also be used by some browsers in the case where the image itself cannot load.

This helps your visitors understand what they may have missed, or cannot load on the page.