The Image Upload Checklist I Wish More Websites Followed

Most image problems do not start as image problems.

They start as a small upload box that says the file is too large. Or a product page that loads slowly. Or a beautiful phone photo that arrives as HEIC when the website expects JPG. Or a team member sending a 6 MB screenshot for something that should have been 200 KB.

None of this is dramatic. It is just the sort of workflow friction that quietly eats time.

Over time, I have started using a simple rule: