Nice experiment.
@pb: nit: "always and option" => an
@Axel base64 inflates image files, gzip compresses out some of this effect. Presumably naîve intermediate buffering for unzip and decoding base46 demand more ram than simply rendering direct from png??
@Ami careless use of sprites can disappoint on iOS and friends, by exceeding image buffering limits. http://bit.ly/VMkmYV Sprites might makes sense in this comparison if they are limited to images from only the page in question.
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Sorry, serves me right for following the hype and buying/using a 'smartphone' keyboard.
Laughingly though, "pb" is not me, it's "pd" :)
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Nice experiment. @pb: nit: "always and option" => an @Axel base64 inflates image files, gzip compresses out some of this effect. Presumably naîve intermediate buffering for unzip and decoding base46 demand more ram than simply rendering direct from png?? @Ami careless use of sprites can disappoint on iOS and friends, by exceeding image buffering limits. http://bit.ly/VMkmYV Sprites might makes sense in this comparison if they are limited to images from only the page in question.