Pattern 54: Tessellate graphics
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You want minimize DOWNLOAD TIME (42) but still make your site look good.

The problem is to provide a flashy or attractive background that downloads quickly.

Therefore

Use a small graphic for backgrounds that can be repeated as a tessellation.

This pattern is terminal within this language.

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Page-sized graphics take a long time to download. However, once a small graphic has been captured by a browser it can be reproduced multiple times very quickly indeed.

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