Have you ever gone to a web site and been presented with a blank page for several minutes, then suddenly, the whole page displays itself, graphics and all? This is the result of a webmaster failing to use image size tags. Specifying height and width for *ALL* of your graphics will allow your visitors to read your content while they wait for the graphics to load.

A properly formatted image tag will look like this:

<IMG SRC="graphic.gif" HEIGHT="300" WIDTH="400">

You can get the dimensions for your graphic by looking at the "Image Size" menu in Photoshop. You can also open the graphic in Netscape and it will be displayed in the "Title" area at the top of the browser.

Summary: Height and Width tags allow browsers to layout the page before graphics load, thus decreasing the perceived load time.