Ian's Software Site - JPGExtra Program

So far, JPGExtra is a brand new program, so I don't yet have a lengthy list of testimonials. However, I'm pleased to be able to present a case study from one site whose JPG files I optimized prior to the public release of JPGExtra.

NEW RELEASE! Version 2 has just been publicly released!

Case Study - Grog's Animated Knots

I first approached Alan Grogono, the owner of Grog's Animated Knots, early in 2006 when I noticed that the images on his site took much longer to display than necessary. Here's what transpired in Grog's own words:

"The update in July 2006 was prompted by the offer of expert help compressing image files from Ian Fieggen in Melbourne, Australia. Ian has a very busy and successful website about Tying Shoelaces. His offer prompted me to initially re-process the animated knot images to a greater compression. Ian's recently completed program then further reduced the size of the images by 75 - 80%. Overall, the image files now occupy about only 9.3 % of the previous space. This reduction allows the site to load more quickly, which will benefit the users of slow connections to the Internet. Thank you Ian."

Alan Grogono, www.animatedknots.com

Subsequent web-site statistics confirmed that the site's overall bandwidth had dropped by almost exactly 50%, a great result!

Testimonial - Scotimages

"I just bought your program yesterday and have been completely amazed by how quick and effective it is. It is just one of those programs you want to tell your friends about. It has had an amazing effect on my thumbnail images. I was startled to see that in one folder, small thumbnails were reduced by and average of 87% of the file size. The range was 86-89%. (Some of the files in question are presently at the bottom of http://www.scotimages.com/Portraits/index.html)
My record for today had an astonishing 92% reduction in file size. As you say there is less effect on large images however it is still very impressive. Even many lager images were averaging 50%. As a professional photographer I strongly recommend your program to users of DSLR's and Adobe Photoshop. Thanks for the program."

Steve Campbell, www.scotimages.com

Steve has since updated the thumbnail images in the page mentioned above, but I was able to view them both before and after processing. Indeed, they each had between 16,000 and 17,000 bytes of "extras" removed, resulting in an average saving of 87%. The finished page now loads several times faster than the original, another great result!

Showcase - Ian's Shoelace Site

My own Ian's Shoelace Site showcases the results of JPG optimization. The JPG files have all be processed with JPGExtra, both to satisfy my own desire for efficiency as well as to reduce the huge bandwidth that comes with having a Number 1 ranked web site.

This optimization is particularly important on the Lacing Photos page, as the contributions received from web site visitors invariably contain "extras", and may either unwittingly contain private information or deliberately contain malicious content.

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