A reliable tip off of the past to an obsolete technology of today, Interlacing has come a long way as a representative of a corporate graphic design. It was introduced way back in the time when monitors were low-resolution and modems were slow. Today neither applies as a matter of general scenario.
To explain Interlacing in layman terms, it is a web graphic technique that loads an image file in a step by step manner, from a rough image appearing first and refining gradually into its full form. This method helped the viewers wait with an impression of higher bandwidth in the earlier days and hence facilitated user experience.
However, the drastic differences in technology today have changed the user expectations and meaning of a truly professional graphic design. With much faster internet connections ruling high resolution monitors, interlacing aggravates user experience than vice versa. Interlacing also increases file size of the image file and starts off with an indistinct effect, which is quite intolerable contemporarily.
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