maximum size for jpg in web

Hi,

I am working on a web site for a painter that has very large works,
5 miters.

I was thinking to show them with a scroller.

and I was wondering what is the maximum size for the jpg for the web.
will 40 kb be to heavy?

any suggestions, ??
Thanks
kati

For the actual artwork people are willing to wait, its the design which should be kept to it a minimum.

thanks, but I would like to know the avarage of high size in KB.

the paintings are very long in width , and will ahve to scrolled in order to see
them

40 kb isn't too much......
You can go much higher.
How big are the pictures of the artwork?
A decent 1600x1200px jpg is 136 kb....Or that what it is on one of mine...

the pictures are about 2900*230 pix, and I will have 9 of them on a page,
shown as thumbnail, and on click they will apear in full size.

is it reasnable? or will it take to much time for the page do load?

thanks

Make sure the thumbnails are seperate small images and not the paintings shrunk down in size, as it would mean they would have to load the full size picture first then the browser shrinks it down.

thats the plan, thanks

I would give them an option between the full-size graphic and 1024x768 (and/or 800x600). Many people have their browsers set so that the image will automatically resize to their screen, so it's a waste of time to have only a larger image.

One thing a lot of people do is to have a jpg 1024x768, then anchor the larger picture for download.

Sound advice, just save the thumbs something like "painting01_thumb.jpg"

As mentioned before, people who know they're big aren't going to get impatient. I'd keep them under 500kb at most, and underneath each thumbnail, let people know how big they are. That way they can make the decision to view the larger version or not.