Hi there, > I'd like a second opinion on this -- the style sheet is 89KB. Is that > overly large? Is there a way to tell how long it takes to load? >
89k is by far the largest style sheet I've come across. I've often managed to reduce the size of mine by thinking more about the markup. Things can often be grouped together using a comma, so do this rather than repeat rules. You mention that it's an intranet - if so, downloading's not such an issue as it would be over, say, a dialup connection. However, I'd be more concerned about the maintainability of such a monolithic file. > I believe I can break it into (more or less) 10KB chunks, with the idea > that it's quicker to load three 10KB cascading sheets than one 89KB > sheet. Does that sound reasonable? Well, it would be quicker, yes. 30k < 89k. Having it split into three files will obviously involve three separate requests rather than 1, but the difference is not going to be noticeable between 30k and 3x10k. Splitting like this is only worth doing if you are organising your styles in a particular way. > > The developers tell me that the cache is purged with each page load, so > I think it loads each time. The intranet I work on runs on IE6 only. > I'd work on that - why should the CSS not be cached? It makes sense, even on an intranet. HTH, Shane. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
