One of the coolest things about the web can also be the most annoying, images. Images can add so much to the appearance of the page, but they can also add long waits. My rule of thumb is 20 kb's for all of the documents for one page. This may present some difficulties if you like graphics as much as I do.
There are several possible ways to reduce the file size with out sacrificing much in quality. It is always possible to reduce the document size. Of course this can drastically reduce the quality of the file at the same time you decrease loading time.
This
(2.62 kb's) as opposed to this 
(1.21kb's) does not work so well. I have found one of the best things to do with gif's are to decrease the amount of colors in the file like this. 40 colors 
(1.50 kb) as compared to the original, 256 colors (2.62 kb's. Very little loss in viewing quality but a deduction of over 50% in file size. There are several ways to reduce the amount of color in gifs. Here are some step by step instructions.
1. Go to Image menu.
2. Select convert to 256 colors
3. Choose adaptive and ordered
4. Chooses the lowest number of colors possible
If you absolutely MUST show off your art work, no matter how large you can always make a thumbnail and use the little pic as a link to your larger file. That is what I do. I picked up the little bit I know about this subject here, a very good link exchange service, and from the Bandwidth Conservation Society
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