When a page is accessed, downloading of all elements will start in a specific order - depending on the build-up of your page. Normally, tables and text load first, followed by scripts, audio, images and other web elements such as applets. It will work its way from top to bottom in your HTML source. It is extremely important that you construct your page in an orderly way, to enable your visitors to start reading the content while the page builds up.

• Example 1: You depend on your background image to make your text readable. If your background were large, your page would be "unreadable" until the page (or the background) is loaded.
• Example 2: You forgot to specify "width" and "height" to your images, causing them to "jump into place" as your page builds up. Also realize that your pages will take considerately longer to build up. This is how it should be done:
  <SRC="images/yourimage.gif" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10">