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[afish674]

I've just been reading this article on getting full screen background images that scale: http://css-tricks.co...ckground-image/

The problem is that in order to get a good quality picture to fit big screens, even compressed is about 320kb which is pretty big. I have seen sites using background images this big, but is it acceptable?

I don't understand how a lot of sites have lovely backgrounds that look impressive even on my 27" monitor without a huge file size.

Can anybody tell me what the perceived wisdom is here?

Thanks!

[Regicide Del Feroz]

add this

-o-background-size: 100% auto;
    -webkit-background-size: 100% auto;
    -moz-background-size: 100% auto;
    background-size: 100% auto;
    overflow: hidden;