Front page banner image

[Eddie]

Not a big issue, but would it be possible to have the banner image on the front page support optimised images so that they look right on any browser/device?

It's constantly out of focus and blurred.

I know how hard you all work on the site, but this seems like an easy fix.

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Not a big issue, but would it be possible to have the banner image on the front page support optimised images so that they look right on any browser/device?

It's constantly out of focus and blurred.

I know how hard you all work on the site, but this seems like an easy fix.

Do you mean this ? If so I suspect it’s more to do with the resolution of the photos we are selecting TBH…

We are looking into subscriptions for hi-res photo galleries but the prices quoted are prohibitive based on our current income.

[StubbsUK]

I've made a small improvement @Eddie, but it's not pin sharp just yet, it's a balancing act between storage space for large images, page speed (the quicker the better as far as Google is concerned) and having sharp images.

[Eddie]

Thanks. 

Understandable, and I know the importance of website speed and first contentful paint for SEO performance, but that's why I think next gen image support and optimised images would help improve user experience and website performance (I'll step back from my CMS marketing arguments).

Again, not a really important one, but the homepage looks great on my phone and very bad on my laptop (using Chrome). 

[StubbsUK]

It's definitely on the list, we plan to migrate to webp at some point in the future and probably use a source set to serve different versions for different devices, but at the moment our problem is sourcing royalty & copyright free images to use at a resolution that lets us do that 😞

Nerd mode off 😄