On: Data URIs make CSS sprites obsolete

[jdeeny]

I just tested some PNGs that I am currently using in a sprite. These are transparent arrows used for slideshow control. Four images make the sprite:

Individual image sizes: 1811, 1809, 1774, 1817 bytes

Combined in a sprite: 5970 bytes

Individual images after base64: 2448, 2444, 2400, 2456 bytes

Individual images base64+gzip: 1890, 1887, 1858, 1901 bytes

Concatenate base64 files to simulate embedding in a CSS file: 9748 bytes

Concatenated file + gzip: 7073 bytes

[eru → jdeeny]

Thanks. Doesn't sound too bad. Or does it?