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And if your user visits more than one page on your site, you've successfully killed asset caching. More data for your server to send _and_ a slower experience f

by lparry 15y ago

And if your user visits more than one page on your site, you've successfully killed asset caching. More data for your server to send _and_ a slower experience for the user, losses all round

mrb 15y ago
True, there is no caching. But that's still a technique worthy to use when they are very small (hundreds of bytes), or when the images should never be cached (eg. low-resolution real time status graphs). In these cases, they reduce the amount of data on the wire (no extra HTTP requests) and reduce page load time.
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nickzoic 15y ago
Not if you put the data URIs in a stylesheet shared across all pages: that gets cached nicely.