[pirer]

Do the 2.33mb background make his concept suffer. Don't think so. Keep that up, as gp said you've got something there

[danso]

Yes, it does make the concept suffer because the concept is the power of the (crowd-sourced) quote. The slow-loading background is a strong visual distraction from that, detracting from the vistor's first impression.

(I'd even argue that the background, content-wise, overpowers the quote...and that's somewhat related to its byte-size)