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Wow, this has to be the most awesome "X in CSS" demos I've seen! As for performance, I can definitely see the decreased download size as beneficial, but what ab

Wow, this has to be the most awesome "X in CSS" demos I've seen! As for performance, I can definitely see the decreased download size as beneficial, but what about rendering speed? All those elements and transforms must surely be heavier to render than a simple bitmap? I will definitely check back to see if/when more characters are added!

hrjet 13y ago
From a practical perspective, SVG would be easier to create, while being just as small and fast. This seems to be just a demo of the capability of CSS.
garethadams 13y ago
Decreased download size compared to what?
- andyroid 13y ago
  Compared to the bitmap I referred to (i.e. an image file). As hrjet points out above, using SVG for this would probably be a better choice.
  - boomlinde 13y ago
    I'm sure a png would do nicely on these mostly flat images.
jlas 13y ago
More awesome than the Mona Lisa in CSS? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4610243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4610243)
- andyroid 13y ago
  Wow, thanks for sharing! I hadn't seen that before. But, yeah, hand crafted Simpsons characters are more slightly more awesome than code generated css images. And both pretty insane as well :)