Browser resize images

How well do the browsers resize images. Possible fix for IE >= 7

Historically browsers never resized images very well. Apart from chewing uneccessary bandwidth, you would always have to generate the resized image (perhaps a thumbnail) yourself - not let the browser do it!

IE <= 7 resize using 'nearest neighbour' and don't give a good result in resizing. IE8 fixes this with bicubic resizing

http://ariotek.co.uk/forums/f33/make-internet-explorer-scale-images-nicely-6217/

See also: http://www.tomwalsham.com/post.php?id=71

Original 300x300

Resized smaller by browser 149x149

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Resized bigger by browser 433x433

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