10.11.1999
What on Earth possesses Web designers to use large graphics? Why don't they optimize those suckers before uploading them? Unfortunately, for the time being, we'll have to deal with them. If your connection is crawling, you may not have to wait for a graphic to load before moving on. As you hover your cursor over a graphic (like an imagemap), it may display the link in your status bar. The image may not be fully loaded, but the link is still the same! If you know where ya wanna go, and the URL is relatively descriptive, then don't wait to click. Alternatively, the page may contain text navigation (seek and ye may find). Ah, the "advantages" of a slow connection.