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The presentation doesn't bother me much, but the argument doesn't make much sense. > Asking web designers, bloggers, and non-techies to create multiple version
by miniatureape 14y ago
The presentation doesn't bother me much, but the argument doesn't make much sense.
> Asking web designers, bloggers, and non-techies to create multiple versions of their images in order to appease every Android, iOS device and desktop browser seems not only like a very non-standards approach, it’s also not a very practical one.
I've never heard of FlashPix, but it seems like just a wrapper around a bunch of variously sized images. The creator still needs to make them and save them or use a program that does it automatically.
And what happens when you request one? You either get them all and download a gigantic file, or the server has to somehow pull out just the part you need.
This problem could be much more easily solved by the extensions to the img tag that allow various src attributes (ignoring the fact that we might not end up with the right one), media queries and using vector formats where possible.