Mozilla Webdev

Use Sprites Wisely

• By Mike Morgan

Vlad has good points about proper use of CSS sprites in his recent post on the subject as well as his comments on Ryan’s post.

In short, even the simplest sprite images can eat up massive amounts of system memory — 50MB to even 100MB per page or more. Perceived speed for your site is important but you should always be concerned about how sprites and other hacks can affect user experience.

More info:

• Rob Sayre – Sprites
• Vladimir Vukićević – To Sprite Or Not To Sprite

Tags: css, performance, sprites

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About Mike Morgan

Mike Morgan is the Director of Web Development for the Mozilla Corporation. Mike joined the Mozilla community as a volunteer in 2003 and has worked on Mozilla's mirror management software, update system and addons.mozilla.org. These days he spends most of his time on strategy, recruiting and helping his team embrace their inner nerd.

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