Hi Swen, the information about compression is added by the application used ( Graphic Converter - I always use that for quick editing like this - but, as far as I know it is Mac- only )
I do not know if this compression setting can be changed, sorry. Maybe it has to do with colors or something.
After conversion, the Lancia picture had only 15 colors left.
If You save at only 4 colors or b/w, You will lose a lot of detail. Not with 16... ( or 14,15,... whatever is left )
Yep, I know what You mean by forgetting about filesize when You have the wonders of ADSL...
Peter