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http://thenounproject.com/ http://thenounproject.com/ offers much more and with a CC license
by xxqs 15y ago
http://thenounproject.com/ http://thenounproject.com/ offers much more and with a CC license
- kushsolitary 15y agoThey are made in SVG. My icons are made in HTML/CSS3. See the difference?
- xxqs 15y agonope :) I mean, what's the benefit of having your graphics in CSS? It's supposed to be defining your page styling, not the content
- kushsolitary 15y agoGraphics in CSS would reduce the extra HTTP requests and the use of images, thus improving the site's loading time. SVG is also slower than CSS3 :)
- xxqs 15y agobut then you cut off all incompatible browsers, which are many. besides, lightweight servers like ngix or lighttpd are quite efficient in delivering small files
- kushsolitary 15y agoFor older browsers, we can use a conditional tag and replace those icons with images. These would surely be useful when CSS3 gets supported globally. These can be useful for some in one way and for some in other way. I like to play with CSS3 so I created them.
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