EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF IMAGE FILES

A method of delivering images by an edge server to a web browser is disclosed. It includes receiving through an interface a request for an image file. It includes detecting by a processor the image file as a non-interlaced image file. It includes converting by the processor the detected non-interlaced image file to a corresponding interlaced image file. It includes sending a first segment of the corresponding interlaced image file in response to the request for the image file and delaying delivery of a second segment of the corresponding interlaced image file until a subsequent request for the second segment of the corresponding interlaced image file is received.