AOL Browser Image Quality...


When America Online users launch a webpage internally (through the AOL software), the default settings decrease image quality. This compression method results in significantly poor quality images  and diminished color clarity.

The intent of the compression is to speedup page loading time by making the images on the webpage smaller in size. This would be a n acceptable idea except 98% of all webpage graphics are already compressed (by the authors who distinguish the settings) and recompression saves little space while greatly decreasing quality.

Fortunately, AOL has made it easy to change the image quality settings. If you would like to view webpages the way they were meant to be viewed, we recommend you follow these easy steps:

  1. In AOL 3.0 launch the browser and click the 'Prefs' button on the window toolbar. In AOL 4.0 click the 'My AOL' button on the toolbar, and select the "Preferences' button. Then select the 'WWW' option.
  2. Go to the "Web Graphics" tab.
    Uncheck the "Use compressed graphics" box.
  3. Click OK.
    If you decide you don't like this setting, simply return to the "Web Graphics" tab and this time check the "Use compressed graphics" box.

©1998 Mozaix New Media
Author: Greg Wurtz
Date: 11/08/98
File ID: mzx-aolimg2-html