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data URIs are not supported on IE. css sprites supported anywhere and quite common.

• eru 16y ago
  Wikipedia says that IE8 supports them to some extent. But you are right, you would need to build two solutions to support older browsers, too.
  • yatsyk 16y ago
    why do you need to implement two solutions if sprites is OK for this case? data url is great in some cases, for example generate images on client side but imho css sprites are optimal there.
    • user24 16y ago
      data urls aren't cacheable either.
  • rmc 16y ago
    Look at the browser stats (You do have google analytics (or similar) installed). Then make a business decision if you want to exclude x% of yoru customers. It might make business sense