Le 5 juin 2013 à 08:22, COM <[email protected]> a écrit : > If the benefit to using sprites is to whack http request/times, is there a > limit to how big the sprites documents are? > > these are best used for small graphics and not the sites' main images, > correct? > > if used for small icons, etc, perhaps the limit in size is in sheer numbers > of little icons and keeping track of them?
Sprites should definitively not be used for content images (depending on how big your content images are, thing would balloon in size like there is no tomorrow. And send the browser memory usage through the roof (the browser decompress the images, don't forget…). So yeah, eventually good for small icons and the like, that are used repeatedly all over the site. As for the size, bear in mind the above about browser memory usage, and then your ability to keep track of them. All depends on your target audience, targeted devices, etc. (I've in front of me a sprite for Jquery UI. It is a grid of 16 by 16 monochrome images, ~5kb png. That whole Jquery UI css is a seriously bloated mess. Been busy rewriting it for my needs). Philippe -- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
