Comments on: Sprite Optimization http://chrisgriffin.org/2009/02/sprite-optimization/ Hi, my name is Chris. I live in Portland, Oregon where I work as an interface designer. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:06:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://chrisgriffin.org/2009/02/sprite-optimization/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Alex Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:11:04 +0000 http://chrisgriffin.org/?p=115#comment-4 <p>I never really thought about this. A similar technique has been used for years in skinning of applications and 3D models, but using CSS to cut apart a single image is a pretty good idea.</p> <p>If we ever come up with something more efficient than plain HTTP for loading external data (a unique connection per file is <em>really</em> inefficient on a large scale) things like this won't be needed anymore, but since we're not there yet it's a cool way of optimizing.</p> I never really thought about this. A similar technique has been used for years in skinning of applications and 3D models, but using CSS to cut apart a single image is a pretty good idea.

If we ever come up with something more efficient than plain HTTP for loading external data (a unique connection per file is really inefficient on a large scale) things like this won’t be needed anymore, but since we’re not there yet it’s a cool way of optimizing.

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