--- title: The modern way of serving images | daily.dev description: The HTTPArchive found at least 70% of all websites have an image as the most prominent element, yet only 34% of the web uses to create responsive & performant... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The modern way of serving images | daily.dev og:description: The HTTPArchive found at least 70% of all websites have an image as the most prominent element, yet only 34% of the web uses to create responsive & performant... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mqVpXCixa.png og:image:alt: The modern way of serving images og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The modern way of serving images **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 19 min read · 227 upvotes · 14 comments ## Summary The HTTPArchive found at least 70% of all websites have an image as the most prominent element, yet only 34% of the web uses to create responsive & performant images. To change this, the following article will guide you through responsive image techniques, and introduce a novel technique that aims to make tags work (almost) like tags. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 2 upvotes > It's no more modern than forks and knives. You can't call something almost a decade old "moderm". moderm is only something in the past 2 years or less. and even that is a stretch. **@feelingagile** · 1 upvotes > Great info, planning to use it in one of my market researchs. is that ok? **@ptmccrary** · 1 upvotes > I struggle with responsive images sooo much! This article helps a ton, thanks for sharing!! **@jankry** · 1 upvotes > This article is gold :) thank you! **@bkpecho** · 1 upvotes > I had no idea that such a high percentage of websites still struggle with responsive image implementation. Thanks for sharing, Trey 👏 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#zoom](https://daily.dev/tags/zoom), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The modern way of serving images","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa"},"datePublished":"2023-06-12T14:14:36.052Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"The HTTPArchive found at least 70% of all websites have an image as the most prominent element, yet only 34% of the web uses to create responsive & performant...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cefa4c7714d91f6c4f4428aac4797d21?_a=AQADKdt","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cefa4c7714d91f6c4f4428aac4797d21?_a=AQADKdt","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":14,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":227},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":14}],"keywords":"css,zoom,browsers","timeRequired":"PT19M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The modern way of serving images"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-way-of-serving-images-mqvpxcixa","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"It’s no more modern than forks and knives. 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